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In our Wi-Fi world, the internet still depends on undersea cables

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imageCables crisscross the oceans carrying your internet info.Telegeography Submarine Cable Map

Recently a New York Times article on Russian submarine activity near undersea communications cables dredged up Cold War politics and generated widespread recognition of the submerged systems we all depend upon.

Not many people realize that undersea cables...

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