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Tech giants are building their own undersea fibre-optic networks
- davidpelayo 9y ago"The whole concept of the telecom carrier as the provider of the network is going to disappear". I personally doubt this will become true, at least in Spain, whereas Telefonica has such a large market and influence, politically and economically talking. However, it's true this could lead to colosal changes on this market forward-looking. Where are the governments in all this?
- genkaos 9y agoWell, this cable was laid out by Telxius (a Telefónica Co.) So things are changing.
- severine 9y agoI can only think in paperclip terms right now, are they paying this with yomi, creat, ops, clips, or still plain $$$?
- immutable_ai 9y agoSo net neutrality applies to their networks too right?
- subway 9y agoIf they were offering transit services as a common carrier, and enjoyed the associated protections, absolutely.
- nn3 9y agoI wonder if the NSA has already tapped in. Presumably Microsoft/Facebook are slightly less enthusiastic about willingly giving them access than the old school telcos.
- walrus01 9y agothis is why the USS Jimmy Carter exists. The NSA doesn't necessarily need active cooperation to colocate equipment at cable landing station/adjacent to the DWDM terminals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter