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I thought it was cool that the whole
World is connected by some wires under the sea.

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That’s really cool how they have to be laced at the bottom of the ocean to connect from place to place. Also, if it’s at the bottom of the ocean, then why is it called the cloud?

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That was so cool I wounder who came up the idea to put internet cables in the oceans. And why would you ever have the idea to put shape on wires. I

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That was a different kind of curiosity! It’s weird how we came up with the idea with this? Also what if 1 or 2 get distThe way you can tell if it’s going to be even or odd is,

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I did not know that the connection to the world is underwater. I wonder what technology they use today and what the difference between the technology in putting the cables now and when they started putting them down. How does the protection for the cables stay so that water doesn’t seep into the cables how does it not wear off over time. What happens when the cables malfun do they have to go deep sea diving.

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That is really weird. Who knew our internet was UNDERWATER? I thought they were underground. I wonder how many times the cables have been attacked by sea animals, or if the sand and water affect the way the internet works over time. Also, back when cables were invented and people were trying to decide where to put them, who thought, Oh, lets put those new cables a few hundred miles under the sea?

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I thought there was only satellites in space, not in the deep deep ocean. I think it’s so weird that we’re connected but a whole bunch of wires. Would they need to get a new one of repair it every few years or....

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I am curious why it’s even called the cloud if it isn’t even in the clouds! Did they do it because they considered doing it in the sky? If so did they just stick to the name? I am really happy I saw this, because I never even thought how the internet would work. My last question is what would they call it if they gave it a name associated with underwater. I think it would be The Fish. ☁️

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I did not know that. I think it is amazing that the wires can be underwater. We always are told technology and water do not mix. I wonder what other sort of materials are used to keep the water out. Also, I wonder how much it costs to create, plant in the sand, etc.

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This didn’t really interest me it wasn’t that interesting it just kind of explained what it was about. In my opinion that isn’t interesting.

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Oh my G-O-S-H. That was so breath-taking. I can’t believe it goes under the ocean and not “In the cloud”s. Why under the sea? Why not a safer place?

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That is so crazy. It is hard to believe that a bunch of wires are what keep us connected to the rest of the world. I wonder why we call the internet the cloud if it is like hundreds of feet under the sea. I wonder who's idea it was to run all these wires on the sea floor.

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I knew that we had cables underwater, but not internet cables! I thought the internet was just satellites! With these cables, what about cables to space? Why did sharks even bite the cables? 〰🦈

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This really made me think. I was wondering how they even got this to work by putting the cables under water? This Monday curiosity was very mind blowing to me because I never even thought where the cables were that powered everything

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I had no idea that the Internet cables were underwater! I wonder if the cables were somewhere else before they were underground, and are they still being installed?

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I thought that was really cool how they can send different things under water to different countries. I think that was a pretty cool Monday curiosities!😀

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I thought it was very interesting how the internet actually travels underwater! I wonder how the cables actually survived being under the sea, and how petroleum jelly (vasaline) does anything!

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I think that was really cool.

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That was awesome. I wounder if we will have them in clouds.

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That was cool. I think that sharks should wreck the wires and then there would be a blackout that would be cool.

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I think that it is cool because they use gasoline to protect the water.

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This was a cool video because we basically got to find out how we can search everything up on the internet like where were Lamborghinis made,what was the first computer,and tons of other stuff like that.

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I thought it was cool how at the end it showed us the dude diving in to the ocean.
Also, I wonder how long it took for the dudes to get all the cables in the ocean all over the world

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I am just 😱 WOW 😱

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That was so cool how for 157 years they have been doing that. I wonder how long it would take to do it all and how how many feet of wire they used.

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How could one little Machine power all the worlds electricity ??

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I knew the cables went under the sea.

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Wow I had no IDEA that internet cables went under the oceans!!!!! I always thought that they where in the sky!!!!! But even though they explained it I still wonder how is it protected just by those small layers of things? And how does nothing bother it like if a crab was digging in the sand and found it should it want to bite it or something.

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That was cool

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I think the video was really interesting! I never knew that instead of our stuff getting saved to the cloud it gets saved to the ocean. I wonder why it doesn’t get saved to the cloud and the ocean, that would be cool.

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That is so cool because it goes way under the oceans yet, it still goes through in seconds or maybe even milliseconds!

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Who knew that we get our internet from “under the sea “.It is covered in petroleum jelly{Vaseline}.

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Cables lying on the seafloor bring the internet to the world. They transmit 99 percent of international data, make transoceanic communication possible in an instant, and serve as a loose proxy for the international trade that connects advanced economies.

Their importance and proliferation inspired Telegeography to make this vintage-inspired map of the cables that connect the internet. It depicts the 299 cables that are active, under construction, or will be funded by the end of this year.

In addition to seeing the cables, you'll find information about "latency" at the bottom of the map (how long it takes for information to transmit) and "lit capacity" in the corners (which shows how much traffic a system can send, usually measured in terabytes). You can browse a full zoomable version here.

The cables are so widely used, as opposed to satellite transmission, because they're so reliable and fast: with high speeds and backup routes available, they rarely fail. And that means they've become a key part of the global economy and the way the world connects.

Take, for example, the below map, which lets you slide between a 1912 map of trade routes and Telegeography's map of submarine cables today. The economic interdependence has remained, but the methods and meaning have changed:

The submarine cable map shows economic connections in less-developed countries as well. Cablesbetween South America and Africa, for example, are much more scarce than trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific routes:

Though cables to developing countries are expanding, they have a lot of work to do before they catch up. And Antarctica is left out completely (scientists down there get their internet from satellites).

The analogy between submarine cables and historic trade routes has a lot of caveats: trade routes were determined by geography as well as economic interests, and economic incentives were a lot different then than they are today. It would also be a mistake to overlook physical goods in favor of the internet ( just look at those giant container ships). But both then and now, paths across the ocean require investment, trading partners on both sides, and a willingness to take risks. Sailors took the gamble in the past, and tech companies are taking it now.

Submarine cables get big investments from companies looking to explore their own modern trade routes

These cables carry information for the entire internet, including both corporate and consumer interests. That's why Google invested $300 million in a trans-Pacific cable system consortium to move data, Facebook put money into an Asian cable system consortium, and the finance industry invests just as much to shave a few milliseconds off trade times.

Other consortia regularly lay cables to transmit the consumer internet. Each group's control of a submarine cable is an advantage in the information exchange between countries.

Submarine cables are a 150-year-old idea with new potency

The process for laying submarine cables hasn't changed much in 150 years - a ship traverses the ocean, slowly unspooling cable that sinks to the ocean floor. The SS Great Easternlaid the first continually successful trans-Atlantic cable in 1866, which was used to transmit telegraphs. Later cables (starting in 1956) carried telephone signals.

Modern cables are surprisingly thin, considering how long they are and how deep they sink. Each is usually about 3 inches across. They're actually thicker in more shallow areas, where they're often buried to protect against contact with fishing boats, marine beds, or other objects. At the deepest point in the Japan Trench, cables are submerged under water 8,000 meters deep - which means submarine cables can go as deep as Mount Everest is high.

The optical fibers that actually carry the information are bundled within the larger shell of the cable:

The components include:

1. Polyethylene

2. Mylar tape

3. Stranded metal (steel) wires

4. Aluminum water barrier

5. Polycarbonate

6. Copper or aluminum tube

7. Petroleum jelly (this helps protect the cables from the water)

8. Optical fibers

These cables move the videos, trades, gifs, and articles that bring the internet around the world in a matter of milliseconds. And that's the type of advantage any trader - digital or analog - could appreciate.

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A map of all the underwater cables that connect the internet

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Cables lying on the seafloor bring the internet to the world. They transmit 99 percent of international data, make transoceanic communication possible in an instant, and serve as a loose proxy for the international trade that connects advanced economies. Their importance and proliferation inspired Telegeography to make this vintage-inspired map of the cables that connect the internet.