Massimo
@Rainmaker1973 · Apr 7, 2024
99% of the internet network runs through submarine cables. There are over 420 submarine lines in the world, totalling 1.3 million km, over 3 times the distance from Earth to Moon.
[📹 Tyler Morgan-Wall]
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Except for Starlink, which communicates via space lasers.
Light travels ~40% faster in vacuum than fiber optics and on a more direct path, rather than following the outline of continents, so Starlink will be much faster over time than ocean cables.
This is important.
02:36 PM · April 7, 2024 · 455.7K views
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