The Internet comes to you across the bottom of the ocean
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 16:42
in Astronomy & Space
The Internet brings you data from around the world almost instantly. This information, coming from Geneva or Tokyo or Buenos Aires, arrives in the U.S. not from satellite but along cables that sit on the bottom of the ocean. Upgrades in many of the components that make up the vast undersea optical fiber network are about to facilitate even more speed and versatility.