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Diving Deep into Submarine Cables: The Undersea Lifelines of Internet Connectivity

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Fiber optics The submarine cables that move internet traffic around the world are made from silica glass fiber optic strands that most network engineers are likely familiar with. The CLS is where the cable connects to land-based power and various networking provider infrastructure. Who owns the cables?

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News in Networking: 160-Tbit/s Cable, Airline Network Issues, and a Patched-Mac Vuln

Kentik

A “network issue” in a global flight-booking system caused major airline delays. The cable is capable of transmitting 160 terabits of data per second, the equivalent of streaming 71 million HD videos at the same time, and 16 million times faster than an average home internet connection,” reports The Verge.

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Weekend Reads 081624

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Beware of Internet FORCES aiming to change your mind or direct your decisions! Enter your name into an internet search engine and the first few results will probably include detailed profiles of you compiled by people-search websites with names like Intelius, PeopleFinders, and Spokeo. Will software liability follow?

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Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review

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The 2024 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review is our fifth annual review of Internet trends and patterns observed throughout the year at both a global and country/region level across a variety of metrics. Key Findings Traffic Global Internet traffic grew 17.2% Google maintained its position as the most popular Internet service overall.