Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable ...
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Roots of internet infrastructure are under the ocean — and date to the mid-1800s

Throughline's Ramtin Arablouei speaks with Bill Burns and Cyrus Field IV on the makings of the first transatlantic cable. What powers the global internet? The answer might surprise you. It's not ...

How often do ship anchors break undersea internet cables? More often than you'd expect

Anchors don't just dent hulls — they can rip into undersea internet cables. Here's why it happens more than you'd think, and ...