From the Archive :Interactive map of the internet’s underwater paths
Ever wondered how your email can cross the vastness of the ocean and be delivered almost instantly, anywhere in the world? It’s all down to a network of fibre-optic cables that link up the continents and transmit terabits of data every second.
Yes, yes I always did wonder about this. —Wright
(via jerometave)
Canadians are broadband gobblers, and we’re paying for it
Seeing red over metered Internet
“There are two truths we know. Consumers prefer all-you-can-eat plans, and the exponential explosion of content is crashing into the finite bandwidth of networks,”
How much does bandwidth actually cost?
Does a gigabyte cost a penny, a dime or $2? Depends who you ask.
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(Source: nationalpost)
