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A "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
by user5994461 9y ago
A "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.