Did You Know Oceans are How We Get Internet? #thoughtshot #Internet #Ocean

Mind-blowing fact of the day: the Internet is in the ocean, not just space. 🤯
That’s right! The reason you’re able to watch this animation and scroll through social media relies heavily on underwater internet cables that span oceans and continents. Data transfer through ocean cables work at remarkable speeds, often approaching a speed of light data transfer.
While installing undersea internet cables – and the transatlantic cable history as a whole – dates back to the 19th century, the future of internet infrastructure has evolved exponentially, to what we all know most commonly as fibre optic internet.
Mathematician and STEM Communicator Ashley Christine discusses the history of underwater communication cables, how fiber optics work, the differences between fiber optics vs satellites, as well as wireless vs fiber optic internet