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I don't know that I would compare miles of road to miles of undersea internet cables. I think undersea internet cables are more akin to interstates in that they
by gizmo385 6y ago
I don't know that I would compare miles of road to miles of undersea internet cables. I think undersea internet cables are more akin to interstates in that they connect hubs from which local traffic can branch off. For sake of comparison, there are 46,876 miles of interstate road in the US.
- Ductapemaster 6y agoI realize I didn't make my point well — I intended to use the roads comparison as infrastructure is typically roadside on poles, or underground in a roadway. I thought it would be a relatively good analog for how many miles of cable we have to wire the US.