How Undersea Cables Are Laid

Undersea cables, submarine communications cables,

Without undersea cables, your Internet connection would be very slow or not exist at all. The roots of the current fiber undersea cables can be traced back to the middle of the 1800s when the first submarine communications cables were laid. They have evolved from carrying telegraphy to mountains of data that power the internet. See how they are laid on the bottom of the Earth’s oceans in the video below.

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