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Are they exclusive owner/builders of any of those? I know I've seen a number of cables which Google was a part investor/owner in, but sole ownership would be am
by gwern 9y ago
Are they exclusive owner/builders of any of those? I know I've seen a number of cables which Google was a part investor/owner in, but sole ownership would be amazing.
- user5994461 9y agoA "cable" is actually comprised of many dedicated fibers, that could each one transfer some Tb/s and be leased for millions. I doubt that anyone would keep ALL of them for themselves.
- gwern 9y agoOn the other hand, if anyone could use up an entire cable, it would be Google, and there are no particular financial reasons to try to diversity - they are big enough to self-insure any cable losses.
- packetslave 9y agoand each dedicated fiber can run multiple "colors" of light, so multiple customers can have their own segment of the traffic fully isolated from each other.