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tomgnds
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A Map of all the Underwater Cables that Connect the Internet

03/13/2015 7:24 PM

An interesting piece of information about how much of the Internet data is carried from continent to continent around the world (except for Antarctica), and the cables that carry them: http://unbonmotgroundswell.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-map-of-all-underwater-cables-that.html
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03/13/2015 7:54 PM

Very interesting.

To think that in today's world of satellite technology, buried cables do the bulk of data transmission.
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Re: A Map of all the Underwater Cables that Connect the Internet

03/14/2015 5:41 PM

All things being equal which has a lower latency; 26,200 miles x 2 + processing time, or 3,000 miles x 2? I've used satellite internet, 0.25 - 0.5 second round trip seemed like an eternity, 20 times greater than cable, and we're ignoring the satellite's lower bandwidth.

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03/17/2015 4:36 PM

Yeah, satellite connections make each party think the other is a bit slow, mentally, because of the delay.

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Re: A Map of all the Underwater Cables that Connect the Internet

03/14/2015 11:31 AM

Interactive version here with more detail:

http://submarine-cable-map-2015.telegeography.com/
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