Russia has lots of countries bordering it, so I'm guessing plenty go through other countries and then run along the rail networks. I was in a city which was a

Russia has lots of countries bordering it, so I'm guessing plenty go through other countries and then run along the rail networks. I was in a city which was a couple of hundred k's from the next town or rail connection and they had pretty good broadband from what I could tell. Feel sorry for us Kiwi's, only one cable (the southern cross) active at the moment.