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Didn't realize Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple outright own some of those cables.
by afterburner 8y ago
Didn't realize Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple outright own some of those cables.
- NegatioN 8y agoThat's exactly what I was thinking as well. And what's more, it seems like they are laying more new cables than what "public" infrastructure is, going forward. That can literally mean GooFaceAma has better global performance than competitors. Or that competitors will be forced to get hosted on one of those cloud providers to get similar performance. It makes me feel a bit worried that "the internet" is not as neutral as I would like it to be. (Or that I thought it was before)
- FabHK 8y agoWeird, the article always mentions Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Amazon, but then once at the end in a footnote does mention "Apple, Google, Microsoft or Netflix". I'm left wondering whether it's Amazon or Apple or both that own some of those cables.
- afterburner 8y agoWhoops I meant Amazon (from the map).