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Re:The Dunant subsea cable by aynyc on Thursday February 04, 2021 @12:30PM (#26027599)
Just to be sure, you mean 10x between subsea cable and regular armored fiber cable, not cat6 I can get from best buy.
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Re:The Dunant subsea cable by iptrans on Thursday February 04, 2021 @12:41PM (#26027736)
Yes, not that there's a large difference. Best Buy has pretty large markups, especially on short CAT6 cables.

You can buy subsea cable for $10-$20 per meter.

EDIT: the cost depends on how many layers of armoring you require. Deep sea cable requires less, shallow sea cable more.

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