Cables are what make all of our connections possible; everything from your internet to you TV is possible thanks to cables that span the globe. Cable lines, or in those days, phone lines were the hottest technology. Below is a map from 1901 of undersea cables that connected the world to each other. With these cables the world was finally able to communicate to each other quickly and was no longer dependent on mail.
Moving forward to 2008 and nearly everyone in the world depends on undersea cable. Everything from your favorite website to that spam mail you received from a rich king in Nigeria who wants to give you his fortune are dependent on these undersea cables.
There is no doubt that as we move forward in the future that we will require more cables to be put on the sea floor. Imagine what the next 100 years will bring for undersea cables, or perhaps a new technology will rid our need for them completely.
the irony is that; most all the cables come into the UK where i live, however i can't get cable Internet - just adsl , lol
is there a bigger picture of the 2008 one?
It's still not very large.
yea, i meant, one that you can read
looks like its a poster that you have to buy
the irony is that; most all the cables come into the UK where i live, however i can't get cable Internet - just adsl , lol
is there a bigger picture of the 2008 one?
You can always buy the poster for $250 ... LOL.
http://www.telegeography.com/products/map_cable/index.php
Not sure on the year, 2008 I recon.
have a look at the 2009 map:
http://www.telegeography.com/products/map_...s/Cable_Map.gif
ok... just the same as a century ago, not really a huge success, but still: NOT LESS!
http://www.telegeography.com/products/map_...s/Cable_Map.gif
ok... just the same as a century ago, not really a huge success, but still: NOT LESS!
Victory!
I keel yu!
I guess it'll come down to about almost all of them if not all.
TBH, those are the ones we're surfing, calling and networking with even nowadays.
little out of date, but bigger size.
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Australia only has about 21 million inhabitants... what do you expect?
oh and size doesn't matter! XD
size matters when it comes to national lines, not undersea lines, that mainly serve for reaching a country.
And you already DO have East and West connections, what's the matter?
The reason why Australia's ISPs don't give you decent connections is not because transnational lines do not allow more traffic, but because they are greedy, cartellized and simply don't invest.
The map only shows underseas cables. I don't think there are seas in Europe-> Russia
indeed, prolly, because the good old cables have enough troughput for modern communication for a fair extend.
yes:
You can always buy the poster for $250 ... LOL.
http://www.telegeography.com/products/map_cable/index.php
NZ government you ought to be ashamed.
NZ government you ought to be ashamed.
The Cable between Australia and New Zealand is purely out of pity, we don't actually want to be connected to you guys. :p
@ mayn1ac reason for the lack of cables is fiber optic replaced several copper cables
Or at least it was... I dont think it will continue at that rate as it suggests.
"wireless cables" ?
Uhhh....
Fibre optics travel at the speed of light, I doubt wireless signals ever will, nobody will settle for high pings.
Uhh wireless uses radio waves that are also a form of electromagnetic radiation just like the light in fiber optics. They both travel at the same speed. They have different throughputs but that is for other reasons.
Edit: here are some articles on what I'm talking about just in case you skipped that theoretical physics class...
http://everything2.com/e2node/Quantum%2520...20communication
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement
they call it sattelite
and the distance of going from earth-sattelite-earth makes for a higher latency than using undersea cables
Hahah, win :p
mmmm >_>
ps :Thanks for this kind of news.
Do they remove old cables when installing new ones?
Why Russian doesn't have any cable? hummmm
Portugal has 5 to 9 cables but all connected to lisbon is it wise? hummm
Last edited by Silvery on 11 Feb 2009 - 01:40
Wireless vs Fiber Optic
Fiber Optic is a lot faster in sending data
Fiber Optic is a lot more secure
Fiber Optic offers more range
Bottom line.... Wireless only offers convenience, good for local area networks but if your want performance, range, and reliability go wired.
By the way OC 768 = 48 gb/s ==== go Fiber
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