Undersea Fibre Optics

[teddymills]

Was watching Discovery Channel.

One of Tyco Telecommunications Reliant Class fleet ships,
Cable ship Tyco Resolute was laying a new fibre optic
cable to connect Costa Rica. Lay new cable under the sea
floor and cut and splice the PAC1 undersea cable.
West side connecting North to South America
 
http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/submarine/refs/World_Map_2007_LR.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_submarine_communications_cables

On a related note Google and youtube traffic to Asia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_(submarine_cable)

Now thats mission critical work!
Hope they make a documentary of Unity.

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