captjack on Nostr: nostr international backbone is under the sea #factstr As of early 2024, we believe ...

nostr international backbone is under the sea #factstr
As of early 2024, we believe there are nearly 1.4 million kilometers of submarine cables in service globally.
20,000 kilometer Asia America Gateway cable. LONGEST!!!

Content providers such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon are major investors in new cable. The amount of capacity deployed by private network operators – like these content providers – has outpaced internet backbone operators in recent years. Statistics released by U.S. FCC indicate that satellites account for just 0.37% of all U.S. international capacity. Cable capacities vary a lot. Typically, newer cables are capable of carrying more data than cables laid 15 years ago. The new MAREA cable is capable of carrying 224 Tbps. common causes of faults - damage to submarine cables comes from human activity, primarily fishing and anchoring