1? Meh. 2? Humm, 3? Wait a sec, 4? OK problem...

[Moonliner]

I like this guys thinking:

Originally Posted by TinFoilHatMan

“The idea is, you cut the cable at point ‘A’, and make it look like it was an accident (ship anchor, etc). Then, before they fix the cable, you trot on down the cable a few (tens of) miles to point ‘B’ and cut the cable there, too. But now you splice in a repeater that copies everything sent over that cable and sends it …to you! When the cable is fixed at the original spot, comm traffic starts up, and no one is the wiser.”