Submarine Internet Cables

[passenger]

Almost all internet traffic is transmitted via submarine cables, which have a total length of around 1.3 million kilometers, or about three times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.

Nice Computer Graphic

 

[EllieCat]

Remember when a shark tried to bite one?

 

[Mike30]

Interesting facts! Thank you

 

[DrLeftover]

Then there is the US's "long haul" fiber:

A team of scientists developed Internet Atlas, the first detailed map of the internet’s structure worldwide. The lines represent crucial pieces of the physical infrastructure of the internet that billions of people rely on.

Internet Atlas maps the physical internet to enhance security

A thorough understanding of the internet’s physical makeup has only recently emerged, thanks to painstaking work by UW-Madison researchers and their collaborators.

news.wisc.edu

 

[Mike30]

lol... so South Dakota is out of luck? no fiber thru them?