Unsung Heros of the Deep Sea
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
The deep-sea ‘emergency service’ that keeps the internet running
Ninety-nine percent of the world’s digital communications rely on subsea cables. When they break, it could spell disaster for a whole country’s internet. How do you fix a fault at the bottom of the ocean?
Most people don’t realize just what it takes to keep global communications running. This is a fascinating read about what goes into to repairing and maintaining the 870,000 miles of undersea cables so Granny can post cute cat memes on Facebook uninterrupted.