Telegeography (cited in the article) publishes an interactive submarine cable map: https://www.submarinecablemap.com
You can even buy printed versions: https://shop.telegeography.com/collections/telecom-maps/
The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
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Re: The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
#12I think I would love the article but the presentation makes it necessary hard to enjoy.
Yes, absolutely impossible to read
Re: The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
#13afloat, more like sunken
Re: The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
#14Telegeography (cited in the article) publishes an interactive submarine cable map: https://www.submarinecablemap.com You can even buy printed versions: https://shop.telegeography.com/collections/telecom-maps/
Interestingly, I can’t see a single line from the US to Russia or China (not sure about the latter).
Re: The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
#15I stopped after the first 3 slides, since the information density is too low and the animation too slow.
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#16Isn't the title of this "The Cloud Under The Sea"? Or at least it was on the other submissions days ago
Some news outlets A/B test their headlines.
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#17“The first submarine cable, strung across the English Channel in 1850, survived for a single day before — in what may be apocryphal cable industry slander — a French eel fisherman accidentally hooked it, sliced off a piece, and came ashore bragging about his discovery of a new type of metal seaweed.”
Re: The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
#18I stopped after the first 3 slides, since the information density is too low and the animation too slow.
> the information density is too low
You failed the marshmallow test [1]. There is a traditional, long-form article that presents a rewarding read.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experim...
Re: The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
#19ABC.au had a similarly named show on the topic back in December. I have to imagine they are related: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/cloud-under-the-sea/video/NS23...
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Re: The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
#20I stopped after the first 3 slides, since the information density is too low and the animation too slow.
> the information density is too low You failed the marshmallow test [1]. There is a traditional, long-form article that presents a rewarding read. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experim...
Marshmallow test assumes the payoff exists and is worth it. Does it? Is it? IDK and I don't want to waste time finding out. I'm far more interested in information-dense sources that let me find out if I want to know what it's offering. That's why journal articles have abstracts.