How Submarine Cables Connect The Internet | Equinix Developers

Although they're mostly hidden from us, Subsea Cables connect the world. This is a network of over 500 cables under the ocean, and Equinix is part of the infrastructure that makes this possible. When you deploy your app, service, or product onto Equinix then you're choosing low latency, security, and coverage - and Subsea Cables make that possible.

This episode explains the cable's speed, history, and importance that allow the internet to be what it is today. Come travel at 671 million miles per hour with us and learn at the speed of light!

Links
The Future of Subsea Cables by Alex Vaxmonsky = blog.equinix.com/blog/2023/07/12/the-future-of-sub…

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Submarine Cable Map = www.submarinecablemap.com/

US Naval Institute = www.usni.org/

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Chapters:
00:00:00 - The Underwater Cables That Power the Internet
00:00:53 - Subsea Cables and Landing Sites
00:01:42 - The Monet Cable: Connecting Florida and Brazil
00:02:36 - The History of Subsea Cables
00:03:26 - Security and Protection of Undersea Cables
00:04:12 - How Fiber Optic Cables Work
00:04:57 - The Problem of Space Junk and the Importance of Subsea Cables
00:05:47 - Impressive Subsea Cable Efficiency
00:06:32 - Subsea cables and Antarctica
00:07:19 - Show Links in the Video Description

Thanks to these amazing photographers and videographers:
Kristian Thomas
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Pixabay
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Paata Gogua
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Ruvim Miksanskiy
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Magda Ehlers
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Pressmaster
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Anton Filatov
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NASA
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David Clode
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Everyone at Wikipedia
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