Recently Steve Riley posted made a really interesting about Greg’s Cable Map, an interactive map showing the undersea cable routes. When I first started working in IT (longer ago than I care to remember now) one of the wonders was how data could travel from one place to another over great distances in the blink of an eye. These days it seems to be taken for granted but I find the technology behind it, particularly the cabling that facilitates it fascinating and Greg’s Cable Map offers a really good visual representation.
On a historical note, if you are ever in Cornwall, UK it would be well worth visiting the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum if you’re interested in the history of undersea cable and telecommunications.
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