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by unknown_apostle 1726 days ago
No direct cable between US and Russia... e.g. linking up the Bering Strait. Anybody know the reason for this?
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There’s not a lot of content to be exchanged between Siberia and Alaska. And running long stretches of fiber over land is actually more costly and subject to failure than under the sea, so going from Moscow -> Vladivostok (or something) over land, then going subsea, and then Alaska -> West-coast US over land, is not really beneficial.
Few people live there. Coincidentally that's why there's no bridge up there, either.
Cold war?