No mention of submarine cables is complete without reference to Neal Stephenson's excellent feature for Wired [0] - 'Mother Earth, Mother Board' in which he tag

No mention of submarine cables is complete without reference to Neal Stephenson's excellent feature for Wired [0] - 'Mother Earth, Mother Board' in which he tags along as an intercontinental cable is laid down. Also, Discovery Networks did an episode of its 'Mighty Ships' series on a Tyco Reliance class cable ship - quite interesting if you can find it, although a bit short on nerdy detail, as one would expect.) [0] https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/