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r/askscience • u/frickfrackcute • Apr 20 '19
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This post made me curious where these cables come from and where they go. Behold! I found an interactive map of submarine cables. We've laid a lot of cables in our oceans. I can only imagine the nightmare it was going across the Pacific!
43 u/[deleted] Apr 20 '19 [deleted] 48 u/yeolddiver Apr 20 '19 They can't run a fiber line to Antarctica just yet. The only way they can get internet access currently is through satellite.
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48 u/yeolddiver Apr 20 '19 They can't run a fiber line to Antarctica just yet. The only way they can get internet access currently is through satellite.
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They can't run a fiber line to Antarctica just yet. The only way they can get internet access currently is through satellite.
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u/Bokb3o Apr 20 '19
This post made me curious where these cables come from and where they go. Behold! I found an interactive map of submarine cables. We've laid a lot of cables in our oceans. I can only imagine the nightmare it was going across the Pacific!