> What governments do you have to go to to get approval to do this? It's a good question, the ocean being international waters and all. I dont know that answe

> What governments do you have to go to to get approval to do this? It's a good question, the ocean being international waters and all. I dont know that answer but for [geosynchronous] satellites in orbit this is negotiated with affected countries via the ITU. (Create a mesh of undersea cables dense enough and you end up with a tripwire for submarines...)