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more about #underseacables more comments → Gordonium: SLO has Interwebz? I thought it only had a quaint downtown, drunken Cal Poly students, and wine. more » Jux: Keep all the Wired posts coming, they've been cranking out some good stuff. more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Here a young Ensign Wesley Crusher demonstrates what happens to your junk upon being assimilated by the Borg collective. He claims that after this he... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: So wait, there really are tubes? Does that mean it's NOT a truck? more » bosskev: "...because it was the most obvious penis joke. This coaxial tube carried over 90,000 telephone calls simultaneously." Well, that's nothing. My * paus... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Looks like that Enzyte is really working out well for Bob... more » .357: It's so big! (failed attempt at crude sexual innuendo) more » Max Justicz: I love the slight smirk that guy has on his face- he's totally oblivious to what the photo looks like. more » frigg: Are you sure that's not a giant red insect that landed on a map of the world? more » OMG! Ponies!: So does anyone else want to play RISK now? more » Maksimir: so all these cables are not rotting on the bottom of the ocean? Were they copper cables? if so, there's a lot of free copper lying around down there.. more » applesgoinpies: slave labor at its finest, beautiful more » Curves: This also illustrates how much business has moved to the West Coast of the US from 100 years ago. more » rockstarjoe: This would make a nice wallpaper... got a high res version? more » alexvanduyn: That map looks like shipping routes, only ships don't cross land, but for the rest of it, global shipping routes. more » -
#internet
Places Where the Internet Actually Happens (In Real Life)
Real, physical places form the Net's backbone: data centers, under-sea cables, junctions, optic fiber pipes. Wired traced a single bit's journey from England, across the US, and into Asia—a fascinating reminder at how physical the virtual really is. More » -
#cables
Oh Hello, This Is Just My Coaxial Tube
Yes, I picked this photo out of BoingBoing Gadget's fantastic illustrated history of transoceanic cable because it was the most obvious penis joke. This coaxial tube carried over 90,000 telephone calls simultaneously. More » -
#retromodo
Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901
The year Queen Victoria died and Emperor Hirohito was born, there already existed a globe-spanning network of electronic communications cables. Not quite as cool as you thought you were, huh 2009? [Reddit] -
#seesaw
Undersea Telecom Cables Cut Again: India, Middle East and Asia Hit Hard
Earlier this year two telecom cables located in the Mediterranean were severed by passing ships. This is an extremely rare occurrence, which is why a second incident is cause for major concern. More »
