How Does The Internet Cross Oceans? - Earth Lab

Fiber optic cables are used to carry internet data long distances but how does the internet cross oceans? Greg Foot explains all.
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*How Does The Internet Cross Oceans? - Earth Lab*
Over 900,000km of fiber optic cable has been sunk to the bottom of the ocean allowing internet data to be set across oceans. In this video, Greg Foot explains how fiber optic cables work, and the lengths we've gone to to lay such fragile cables in the depths of our biggest oceans.  
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