How does the Internet work across the ocean?

[Steve]

A random thought popped up: How does the Internet work across the ocean? Does anybody have any relevant answer to it?

 

[Michael Phillips]

A random thought popped up: How does the Internet work across the ocean? Does anybody have any relevant answer to it?

Have you ever wondered how you can video call your friend in Europe or stream a TikTok video from the U.S.? I used to think the internet flew from satellite, but the real answer left me speechless!

Here’s what I found out after my in-depth research work. Read it to learn some amazing facts about how the Internet works across the ocean.

1. Use Underseas Cables: Though it may seem strange, underwater fibre-optic cables are the real heroes and are also known as submarine cables. These cables are laid on the ocean floor and deliver 99% of the international data.
2. Implement Fiber Optics Technology: Fiber-optic cables use this advanced technology and transmit the data at a rapid pace, almost at the speed of light, and travel a thousand miles away without any delay.
3. Innovative Network Infrastructure: The most surprising thing that I found was these cables interconnect continents with local stations. For instance, If you are video-calling someone from the U.S. to Europe, your request zip through the local station and hit the transoceanic cable to connect you over there in seconds.
4. Fun Fact: There are countless undersea cables, summing over 900,000 miles to connecting the oceans and continents with each other.

Therefore, knowing more about the things happening around us always amazes me. It was so good to know how much technology has developed and made our lives easy.

Likewise, the fact about the Internet procedure across the ocean left me stunned!