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by adriancooney 1960 days ago
Excellent related Ars Technica article related to deep-sea cables if you want to learn more: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/how-t...
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atonse 1960 days ago
Mother Earth Mother Board is one of my all time favorite articles, which chronicles the laying of a cable.

https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/

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dgritsko 1960 days ago
Another recommendation in this vein is Arthur C. Clarke's "How the World Was One", it provides some fascinating historical context for how we got to where we are today (or rather, where we were in 1992).
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