subsea cables
maybe the internet is a series of tubes after all
subsea cables
Prysmian and International Telecom to deliver Hawaiian subsea cable system
totaltele.comThe Undersea Network
dukeupress.edu
What’s a subsea cable made of?
These cables are about the same diameter as the average garden hose, but on the inside they contain thin optical fibers. Those fibers are surrounded by several layers of protection, including two layers of ultra-high strength steel wires, water-blocking structures and a copper sheath. Why so much protection? Imagine... See more
These cables are about the same diameter as the average garden hose, but on the inside they contain thin optical fibers. Those fibers are surrounded by several layers of protection, including two layers of ultra-high strength steel wires, water-blocking structures and a copper sheath. Why so much protection? Imagine... See more
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Subsea Cable Market Expands as AI, Geopolitics Reshape Global Networks
datacenterknowledge.com
Fiber Optic Installation By Microtrenching
thefoa.org
FLAG, a fiber-optic cable now being built from England to Japan, is a skinny little cuss (about an inch in diameter), but it is 28,000 kilometers long, which is long even compared to really big things like the planet Earth. When it is finished in September 1997, it arguably will be the longest engineering project in history. Writing about it... See more