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'Where do people get their internet?
I asked this question in a completely non-scientific poll of some friends and
family, and even a few children, and for many the answer seemed to come from
the sky:
Satellites.
But while Elon Musk's Starlink system indeed provides supplemental connections
for some remote regions — and many satellites provide a backup for military
internet use — the world's online networks are largely powered by a complex
system of underwater and underground cabling.
According to
TechRadar, "Around 380 undersea cables carry over 99.5% of all
transoceanic data, running for 750,000 miles across the ocean floor."
These fiber optic wires connect the massive data centers supporting cloud
behemoths such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud."'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
