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Why are there so many cables going up to terminate in Alaska? It seems a bit over represented.
by cschmidt 10y ago
Why are there so many cables going up to terminate in Alaska? It seems a bit over represented.
- yellowapple 10y agoMy first guess would've been to support a connection between North America and Russia, but there doesn't seem to be such a connection on the map. My second guess is that there might really be a significant data demand there. Between research stations, defense stations (gotta protect 'Murica from those damn pinko Soviets), oil drilling, and at least one or two decently-sized cities, the need for those cables doesn't seem unreasonable. EDIT: the one covering the northwest Alaskan coastline appears to be the first phase of a cable connection through the Northwest Passage.