The Internet’s Lifeline Is Buried Beneath the Ocean

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You might think all your data goes to space. It’s stored on the cloud after all. Not quite. Around 99% of all international internet traffic is transmitted through a network of undersea fiber-optic cables, not satellites.

These cables stretch for hundreds of thousands of miles across the ocean floor, connecting continents and creating the digital arteries we rely on. They’re about the width of a garden hose and are tough enough to survive pressure, earthquakes, and even curious sharks who have been known to take a bite out of them.

To keep the world online, these cables are constantly monitored by ships, drones, and advanced sensors 24/7. Every email, video call, and file transfer you send across borders passes through the deep sea.

The internet isn’t in the cloud. It’s in the ocean.

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Written by Guy Baroan 
By: Guy Baroan