DarkCloud comments on Meta reveals huge new 50,000km subsea cable project

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Toll road. I know what's going to happen with this. People are going to have the option to get a subscription for faster internet access or some shit.

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago

A global undersea cable network has been in place for 30 years. It's woefully overcapacity 24/7.

https://www.iscpc.org/information/global-submarine-cable-systems/

It takes huge capital and time to lay cable, and the point of doing it is that you're booking bandwidth from ISPs, often years in advance. There's competition, but it's also a seller's market because of huuuuuuuge bandwidth demands.

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