fibre optic
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Confused Sharks Keep Trying To Eat Google’s Undersea Data Cables
Laying fibre optic cables down on the ocean floor is a massive undertaking in its own right. But now, Google actually has to go back and reinforce some of its thousands of kilometres of undersea cable — because hungry sharks keep mistaking the world’s data lines for lunch.
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Thunderbolt Will Become Even Faster — Just With New Cables
Most of us have had zero opportunity to tap Thunderbolt’s monster transfer speeds, but Intel’s already promising huge boosts in the near future. The best part? The Thunderbolt ports we already have will get the upgrade, no changes necessary.
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Striking Verizon Workers Destroying Internet Cables
Lots of Verizon technicians are very angry at their employer — around 45,000 of them. And it appears some of them are pissed enough to sabotage the American ISP’s fibre optic network, the Boston Globe reports — they’re slashing cables.