Thin underwater cables hold the internet. See a map of them all.

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The internet is known to pulse through fiber optic cables and cell phone towers, but 99% of high-speed international information is transferred under the sea. How long has this been happening? Underwater cables delivering information isn't a novel idea — the first Transatlantic cable was laid in 1858—undersea cables have been around since the telegraph.

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The whole world is basically a big lan-party

martinpign
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This is honestly like one of the largest accomplishments of mankind and most people don’t know about it.

domwings
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There wires that go across oceans and apple can't make the charging cable more than a couple feet

jaybanz
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It's funny because when the internet would go down years ago, I used to joke about how sharks chewed on the cables. Now I know it's true.

AngryKittens
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Is this what they call "the deep web"

mr.magnificent
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Where do you think the the clouds come from....the water, duh!

juskru
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"The cloud" is where everything is stored. Nothing is stored in those cables, they just transmit information. The real cloud is a bunch of server rooms.

__nog
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I thought we used satellites for that crap. I never imagined they would make 8000 mile long cables

creamofthecrop
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Im just thinking of all those memes swimming through the vaseline!

finleycastello
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I claim the entire ocean floor and I demand cable taxes

macbookproearly
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My dad's a marine engineer & spent around 30 years working for a company that layed these cables. Was always one of his pet hates when people talked about the internet going through satellites.

dazedconfused
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My buddy has worked a couple of contracts on boats that lay transatlantic fiber optic cable. He was on a ship for 4 months last summer/fall that was laying a cable between Nova Scotia and Ireland. They only got 1/3rd of the way there! The project will take 12 months total. Very interesting stuff.

TheHamburgler
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"The best way to create the cloud... is to go under the sea" Totally gonna use that now :D

SahilKale
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Lol, I showed my students a map of the cables last year, and it blew their natural minds! They were 14, but they never stopped to ever consider how data moved across the globe.

jackhappens
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so when you get lagg on fifa its the fucking sharks

RandomnessTube.
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The petroleum jelly helps lube up the bits when they get congested so that things flow better.

TweEkc
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Out of curiosity, I suppose these cables are in international waters. if someone sabotages them or steals them or whatever, what happens? Who starts an investigation where and if a criminal is identified, which law applies to them?

mindlessgreen
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Tạm biệt HSGQG Tiếng Anh, khóc xong rồi thì thôi cất gọn poster anh vào góc, mình tạm thời không nhìn nhau anh nhé. Mỗi lần nhìn thấy anh em sợ lại làm tim mình đau hơn. Em không biết em có vượt qua cú sốc này không nữa. Chờ anh nửa năm, để rồi nhận trái đắng như vậy...

.truongkiensieu
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My father works for a telecom company and has had to deal with laying the undersea cables. They have to be maintained because sharks like to gnaw on them.

soapftw
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Wow Vox, you didn't screw up this video at all. I'm impressed.

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