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Fresh Air looks at the physical infrastructure of the internet, how it works, and how it’s connected. If you use the internet and don’t understand how it works, this would be a good start. It also give you a basis to start separating fact from hype that emanates from the Cyberwar Consortium for Full-Employment of Consultants.
A snippet from the story from the bit about the transoceanic cables:
“They’re about the thickness of a garden hose, and they’re filled with a handful of strands of fiber-optic cable,” he says. “And light goes in one end of the ocean and out the other end of the ocean. And that light is accelerated along its journey by repeaters that look like bluefin tuna underwater.”
Follow the link for the story, the transcript, and the audio.
