npr:
Interactive map of the internet’s underwater paths
Ever wondered how your email can cross the vastness of the ocean and be delivered almost instantly, anywhere in the world? It’s all down to a network of fibre-optic cables that link up the continents and transmit terabits of data every second.
Yes, yes I always did wonder about this. —Wright
Fascinating. Fun to see who owns these fiber-optic ocean cables
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So this is what makes international communication so easy (relatively speaking)…100 years ago, who would have thought...
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