Communication satellites (
see here) usually make for better TV/
Movies, but in reality they are very sparingly used when compared to undersea cables (originally metal now glass fibers). Those cables haven't been
without their problems though. For years the semi-private locations of the many undersea cables that drive the internet from point a to point b have really only (easily) been available in one place by ordering a physical poster for $250. Now
that company has made that data available in ~real-time, on a
searchable dynamic map. COOL.
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Picture of a cable room in Miami, FL where a set of cables comes ashore |
Sources ->
http://www.submarinecablemap.com/
http://gizmodo.com/5841710/this-is-the-internet
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