Started by Nils Eriksson (@nils_e) ·
the internet is mostly cables on the sea floor
Something like 99% of intercontinental data goes through cables about as thick as a garden hose. Sharks used to bite them. Ship anchors still cut them.
5 sources · 42 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “how does the internet cross oceans”
- Ended at
- Cable layer
The Trail
- “how does the internet cross oceans” (google.com)
- Submarine communications cable (en.wikipedia.org)
- Submarine Cable Map (submarinecablemap.com)
- Transatlantic telegraph cable (en.wikipedia.org)
1858. lasted three weeks
- Cable layer (en.wikipedia.org)
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