How The Internet Travels Across The Oceans

In this video, we'll explore how the internet travels across the world's oceans, discussing the expansive network of underwater submarine cables that connect the world online. These important undersea cables are not just vital links for data transmission but also engineering marvels, stretching thousands of miles across treacherous ocean floors. Learn how these cables are laid, how they operate with advanced technologies like dense wavelength division multiplexing, and what challenges they face from natural hazards to curious sharks. #submarinecables #underwatercables #science #sometimesscience

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Time Stamps
0:00 Introduction
0:46 How Do Submarine Cables Work?
2:39 Installation and Protection Strategies for Submarine Cables
4:59 Submarine Cables v. Satellite
5:52 The Future of Submarine Cables

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[AprilB]

Definitely not sure how it all works but found it fascinating about how the cable routes are laid out allowing for all the obstacles.

[ATestamentToTech]

First time I have come across one of your videos. Very informative and well put together. New sub!

[proveryourpoint_]

5:40 correction - light actually travels faster in the vacuum of space than the cables. The reason the cables have less latency is because they are shorter than the distance to the satellite and back.

[proveryourpoint_]

0:50 audio says "Ireland and United Kingdom" while video shows "Ireland and United States"