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Submarine communications cable

A screenshot of the interactive Submarine Cable Map, which tracks active and planned submarine cable systems and their landing stations according to the Global Bandwidth Research Service.

What links the global Internet? Wires inside tubes no bigger than a garden hose.

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If you think your life is getting ever more wireless, think again. The Internet connections the world relies on still cross the globe thanks to cables laid along the sea floor. And while terrorism isn’t yet a major threat to their health, dropped anchors or human carelessness are.

Cuba Activates Undersea Internet Cable Line

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