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There's political (and geographic?) trouble going from Europe to Asia. Your internet would have to go through countries like Russia and Iran. Or maybe Turkmenis
by Aerroon 3y ago
There's political (and geographic?) trouble going from Europe to Asia. Your internet would have to go through countries like Russia and Iran. Or maybe Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and China.
The shortest path from Eastern Europe to Japan would be a straight shot across Russia, but a tracert says that it goes all the way through Europe, through the Atlantic, through the US mainland, through the Pacific and finally to Japan.
A cable through the Arctic ocean between Europe and Japan could potentially cut the journey to Asia in less than half.
- LeifCarrotson 3y agoOn a great circle over Canada, or over Russia? Note that while the two options sound significantly different and look significantly different on a conventional Mercator with the page break at the Bering Strait, they don't seem actually that different on a globe, or in terms of difficult geopolitics. In a couple years you won't need an icebreaker to make the trip...
- Aerroon 3y agoOver Russia. From Norway to Svalbard to some island between Russia and Alaska. From there to Japan. It looks very goofy on a map but it's a lot shorter of a distance than expected.