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what's the diameter of one of these cables? are they literally laid on the ocean floor?
by CoachRufus87 16y ago
what's the diameter of one of these cables? are they literally laid on the ocean floor?
- d2viant 16y agoI've always wondered this as well. Are they contained in pipes or something? How do they deal with mountains and cliffs in the ocean? Do they go right over them or around them? Does anybody have information about the physical characteristics of how this works?
- jws 16y agoYou can see one at http://www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=3111 http://www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=3111 And yes, they are laid on the floor, mostly. In shallows they may be armored against sharks or plowed in to protect against anchors. The Neal Stephenson, WIRED article is an excellent read, but honestly unless you have a new Safari or some bookmarklet to extract the content from the surrounding flashing lights and popping ads you will probably go blind before you finish it.
- w1ntermute 16y agohttp://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
- russss 16y agoPrintable version: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html
- bradly 16y agoUsually 69 millimetres (2.7 in). They are slightly thicker near the shore where they have an extra layer of protection.
- CoachRufus87 16y agosimply awesome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable