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No direct cable between US and Russia... e.g. linking up the Bering Strait. Anybody know the reason for this?
by unknown_apostle 5y ago
No direct cable between US and Russia... e.g. linking up the Bering Strait. Anybody know the reason for this?
- sigg3 5y agoCold war?
- m-app 5y agoThere’s not a lot of content to be exchanged between Siberia and Alaska. And running long stretches of fiber over land is actually more costly and subject to failure than under the sea, so going from Moscow -> Vladivostok (or something) over land, then going subsea, and then Alaska -> West-coast US over land, is not really beneficial.
- theandrewbailey 5y agoFew people live there. Coincidentally that's why there's no bridge up there, either.