Long haul fiber optic stuff has gotten a lot fancier as far as the modems at either end are concerned (the fibers too, to a lesser extent) but the basic culture

Long haul fiber optic stuff has gotten a lot fancier as far as the modems at either end are concerned (the fibers too, to a lesser extent) but the basic culture of laying and maintaining cable is pretty much the same. One thing that is great, since this article came out is that you can be an armchair "hacker tourist". That historic cable landing in Porthcurno, for example? Photo easily found. https://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/Porthcurno/PorthcurnoCableHutInt1.jpg https://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/Porthcurno/PorthcurnoCab...