[pchristensen]

Yeah, I'm the MEMB fairy, sprinkling that link in the comments of any story about submarine cables. But you beat me to it this time!

I consider it my small contribution to the world to make sure as many nerds as possible get to read that story.

[jschulenklopper]

Any other (long) articles you recommend, for the people that have read the story (now or earlier before) and enjoy more of that?

Kevin Kelly maintains a great list at http://kk.org/cooltools/best-magazine-articles-ever. Apparently he likes David Foster Wallace...

[simplemath]

Cannot believe I'd never read it.

Fantastic bit of journalism.

[alexqgb]

Awesome article. Thanks for diligent work.