Samanth Subramanian
👤 Speaker
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
So the U.S.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
military has its own cables.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
The Chinese military has its own cables.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
They have their own contractors for that.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
And none of the public internet travels down them whatsoever.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
Oh man, there's a really short one that almost shouldn't exist because it's so short.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
But I feel like it's so cute because it does exist.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
It's, I don't know, maybe 14 miles long.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
I'm looking this up in my book now.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
And it goes between the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
It's 41 miles.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
So it's not super short.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
But it just feels like it's one of those cables that was laid only because it demonstrated just how cost efficient these technologies were.
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Samanth Subramanian on the Undersea Cables That Keep the Internet Alive
Thank you so much.