transatlantic cables
Ocean-floor communication lines
Transatlantic cables are undersea communication lines running between North America and Europe across the Atlantic Ocean floor.
The first, laid in 1858, carried telegraph signals; modern fiber-optic cables carry the bulk of internet traffic between continents.
Most of your data crosses the Atlantic through transatlantic cables, not satellites.
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Bodies circling larger ones
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Birds bearing dispatches home
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