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waribeiro
Equinix Employee
2 years ago

Have you heard of Submarine Cables?

How does the internet connect from New York City to Paris? It's not just satellites - it's also cables underneath the ocean. And they send data through glass traveling at 671,000,000 miles per hour. ...
infrastructure
Internet Access
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waribeiro
Equinix Employee

Thanks! Hopefully learned a thing or two. Were there any fun facts that jumped out to you?

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Jantzen
Equinix Employee
2 years ago

I was surprised to hear that 97% of all internet traffic passes through those cables. ðŸ˜®