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Not surprising. Google already have two, and Facebook have one coming as well. In case anyone is interested in more information about the cables, have a note a

Not surprising. Google already have two, and Facebook have one coming as well. In case anyone is interested in more information about the cables, have a note at http://builtvisible.com/messages-in-the-deep/ http://builtvisible.com/messages-in-the-deep/ Disclosure- I built the map

RyJones 11y ago
neat map. Now I know why I get such reasonable pings to game servers in Australia from Seattle.
- petewailes 11y ago
  Cheers. Learned a fair amount in building it (about underwater cabling), so feel free to ask if there's anything you'd like to know.
jfoutz 11y ago
Neat article (and map!) Reminds me of one of the most memorable articles i ever read (1996). http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive//4.12/ffglass_pr.html http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive//4.12/ffglass_pr.html It's crazy long, i still remember how heavy that issue was.
josu 11y ago
Do you have any idea about how much it may cost to deploy such cables?
- teh_klev 11y ago
  Hibernia Express comes in at around $300 million according to the linked PDF on the Hibernia site: http://www.hibernianetworks.com/corp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Top-five-telecoms-projects-2015_Capacity-Magazine_April-2015.pdf http://www.hibernianetworks.com/corp/wp-content/uploads/2013...
dmak 11y ago
Does Amazon have one? How did you find out Facebook has one coming? I'm assuming facebook needs one for their own data center, and if that's the case then could this mean they want to enter a similar market as AWS?
- amenghra 11y ago
  Facebook's cable is not their own dedicated cable but a shared resource: http://www.wired.com/2012/07/facebook-submarine/ http://www.wired.com/2012/07/facebook-submarine/ Why do you think contributing to cables would imply they want to compete AWS? It's not necessary for a data center, they might want it to reduce latency, to reduce operational costs or to increase bandwidth.
sumedh 11y ago
Your map does not show a cable landing in Bangladesh while the website has a pic which displays the landing station in Bangladesh.
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RyJones 11y ago

neat map. Now I know why I get such reasonable pings to game servers in Australia from Seattle.

petewailes 11y ago
Cheers. Learned a fair amount in building it (about underwater cabling), so feel free to ask if there's anything you'd like to know.

jfoutz 11y ago

Neat article (and map!) Reminds me of one of the most memorable articles i ever read (1996). http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive//4.12/ffglass_pr.html http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive//4.12/ffglass_pr.html It's crazy long, i still remember how heavy that issue was.

josu 11y ago

Do you have any idea about how much it may cost to deploy such cables?

teh_klev 11y ago
Hibernia Express comes in at around $300 million according to the linked PDF on the Hibernia site: http://www.hibernianetworks.com/corp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Top-five-telecoms-projects-2015_Capacity-Magazine_April-2015.pdf http://www.hibernianetworks.com/corp/wp-content/uploads/2013...

dmak 11y ago

Does Amazon have one? How did you find out Facebook has one coming? I'm assuming facebook needs one for their own data center, and if that's the case then could this mean they want to enter a similar market as AWS?

amenghra 11y ago
Facebook's cable is not their own dedicated cable but a shared resource: http://www.wired.com/2012/07/facebook-submarine/ http://www.wired.com/2012/07/facebook-submarine/ Why do you think contributing to cables would imply they want to compete AWS? It's not necessary for a data center, they might want it to reduce latency, to reduce operational costs or to increase bandwidth.

sumedh 11y ago

Your map does not show a cable landing in Bangladesh while the website has a pic which displays the landing station in Bangladesh.

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