Submarine cables – our world is wrapped in fibre
Ever wondered how the Internet and telephone calls make their way across the oceans and around the planet? The whole world is girdled in optic fibre. Without it, we wouldn’t have the Internet, and international phone calls would all have that satellite lag.
On the 6th of June 2007, in my regular technology slot on Radio New Zealand National’s Nine to Noon programme, I talked about the history of the cables, how they work and which cables are in use around new Zealand today. Here are the notes of my comments, although I may not have stuck to them on air! At the end of the post are some links for further reading.