Internets Undersea World

Jokerswild · June 27th, 2008

Here's a look at the undersea connection in place now and some that will be.

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-imag...SeaCableHi.jpg

PTRMAN · June 27th, 2008

Interesting...

screwballl · June 27th, 2008

being an employee of an ISP, I learned about this a few years back... good stuff though!!

Boy'nBlack · June 28th, 2008

That's nuts! I didn't think there was that many, and surely not more to be planned.

I can't get my head around how they actually lay these down. Think they're actually on the bottom of the Pacific? That's 14,000ft deep for an average and just dangling that amount of cable down from the back of a ship is a LOT of weight. Towed Array are about a mile, and if you stop without getting it back in...it's got to be cut off QUICK. And getting the interconnects done is another mystery to me. Can't be one long cable, so how the heck are the splices done?

Just fantastic stuff there!

**simple_inhibition** · June 28th, 2008

that would make for a fantastic episode of modern marvels: undersea cables. haha we should write them and see if they'll do the episode

Boy'nBlack · June 28th, 2008

Hell ya, and then get Mike Rowe to follow up with splicing the fiber :D

Jokerswild · June 28th, 2008

The technology for laying them has been around since the first telephone cables were layed.

Jokerswild · June 28th, 2008

Here's a page with photo's of a cable laying ship.
Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection | CNET News.com

Gig-O-Ram · June 28th, 2008

How recent is that map? It says something about "Wednesday's accident", but does mean this last Wednesday? Some Wednesday a month ago?

That is interesting though, how all that cable is laid out for these networks. I would love to see a special about how they lay and splice the cable. It reminds me a bit of something I saw about the Golden Gate Bridge...that the thick main supports are actually bundles of yet smaller bundles of steel cables. I always thought they were massive pipes or something, until I saw that.

oldman_gamer · June 29th, 2008

This link should give us some idea as to what is used and some of the "how" was it done on the splicing part. 3M Splicing Kits for Underground or Underwater Cathodic Protection Cable

June 27th, 2008	#1
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,113	Internets Undersea World Here's a look at the undersea connection in place now and some that will be. http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-imag...SeaCableHi.jpg

June 27th, 2008	#2
PTRMAN Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 844	Re: Internets Undersea World Interesting...

June 27th, 2008	#3
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Internets Undersea World being an employee of an ISP, I learned about this a few years back... good stuff though!! Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

June 28th, 2008	#4
Boy'nBlack F Ucn rd dis U mst uzUNIX Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South of Heaven Posts: 493 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Internets Undersea World That's nuts! I didn't think there was that many, and surely not more to be planned. I can't get my head around how they actually lay these down. Think they're actually on the bottom of the Pacific? That's 14,000ft deep for an average and just dangling that amount of cable down from the back of a ship is a LOT of weight. Towed Array are about a mile, and if you stop without getting it back in...it's got to be cut off QUICK. And getting the interconnects done is another mystery to me. Can't be one long cable, so how the heck are the splices done? Just fantastic stuff there!

June 28th, 2008	#5
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,466 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Internets Undersea World that would make for a fantastic episode of modern marvels: undersea cables. haha we should write them and see if they'll do the episode

June 28th, 2008	#6
Boy'nBlack F Ucn rd dis U mst uzUNIX Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South of Heaven Posts: 493 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Internets Undersea World Hell ya, and then get Mike Rowe to follow up with splicing the fiber :D

June 28th, 2008	#7
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,113	Re: Internets Undersea World The technology for laying them has been around since the first telephone cables were layed.

June 28th, 2008	#8
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,113	Re: Internets Undersea World Here's a page with photo's of a cable laying ship. Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection \| CNET News.com

June 28th, 2008	#9
Gig-O-Ram As stated in the avatar: Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Out here in the New Mexico desert. Posts: 811	Re: Internets Undersea World How recent is that map? It says something about "Wednesday's accident", but does mean this last Wednesday? Some Wednesday a month ago? That is interesting though, how all that cable is laid out for these networks. I would love to see a special about how they lay and splice the cable. It reminds me a bit of something I saw about the Golden Gate Bridge...that the thick main supports are actually bundles of yet smaller bundles of steel cables. I always thought they were massive pipes or something, until I saw that. If it's not fixed, then don't broke it!

June 29th, 2008	#10
oldman_gamer Nehalem Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northeast Pennsyltucky Posts: 1,352 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Internets Undersea World This link should give us some idea as to what is used and some of the "how" was it done on the splicing part. 3M Splicing Kits for Underground or Underwater Cathodic Protection Cable

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