transatlantic cable
Ocean-floor communication line
A transatlantic cable is an undersea communications cable spanning the Atlantic Ocean, connecting North America and Europe.
The first successful telegraph cable was laid in 1858, revolutionizing international communication by reducing message time from weeks to minutes.
Modern fiber-optic transatlantic cables carry the bulk of internet traffic between continents: Most of your data crosses the Atlantic through transatlantic cables on the ocean floor.
- telegraphElectrical message system
- NewfoundlandCanadian Atlantic island province
- Queen VictoriaLong-reigning British empress
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- Morse codeDot-dash signaling system
Victorian era · Ireland · ocean floor · deep sea · waterproofing techniques · geopolitical tensions · international agreements · global networks · shipping lanes · fiber optics · expedition · data centers · streaming services · seabed · transmission · communication · undersea · copper wire
- Atlantic OceanGulf Stream, Bermuda Triangle, Sargasso Sea, Azores, Cape Verde
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls
- telegraphytelegraph, Morse code, telegraphy, telegraph key, telegraph line
- 1956Suez Crisis, Hungarian Revolution, My Fair Lady, Heartbreak Hotel, bus boycott
- wired telecomlandline, telephone, telephone line, phone line, phone cord
- submarine cablesundersea cables, transatlantic cables, deep-sea cables, internet cables, terminal station
transatlantic cablewireless transmission
Sending signals without wires
satellite communication · cellular network · Wi-Fi · satellite link · radio link
transatlantic cablePony Express
Mounted relay postal system
smoke signals · carrier pigeon · semaphore · Starlink · fiber optic network