38. Submarine Communication Cables - from the Telegraph to the Internet
Jack P Taylor's Political and Historical Curiosities
English - July 03, 2017 12:15 - 15 minutes - 18.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHistory Government international president history nuclear politics primeminister relations unitednations Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Submarine cables account for over 99% of international internet traffic.
You will use them everyday on the latest pieces of technology. Yet this infrastructure is based on old knowledge.
In this episode I'll take you through 170 years of submarine cables helping us to communicate.
Link to Stuff You Missed in History Class episode on Transatlantic Telegraph Cable: http://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/transatlantic-telegraph.htm