Re:The Cables That Connect the World
by compsciphd on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @11:04AM
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On this note, there is/was an apartment I'm semi looking at (in practice its just a bit out of my stretching ability) in my beach town that isn't quite first row to the sea, but one street back.
But the lot behind it (which would be across the street from the first row to the sea buildings has an empty lot that actually gives a decent sea view (through some hotels, but surprisingly not that blocked). so the question is why, is this lot empty? from my research it seems its not landing site for one of the major fiber networks and is built into an underground data center for the landing. So the assumption is that this is basically about as good as one can get that the lot wont be developed (at least in the semi near future) due to the difficulty of relocating the fiber and the security implications of building a residential building on top of it. Still just a bit out of my ability (which makes me a little sad) but cest la vie.
anyways just something I learned about the fiber optic networks that connect the world in my hunt for an apartment.
Re:The Cables That Connect the World
by jefc1111 on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @11:49AM
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Also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_nnUbX7uuQ&t=6s
I went to Widemouth Bay and checked out a few interesting manhole covers myself. It was pretty awesome. When I told my family they thought I was joking, but I'm guessing some of you people might understand.
Re:The Cables That Connect the World
by cowthulhu on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @02:25PM
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I was surprised at the high voltage required… but resistance loss scales with the square of amperage, so it makes sense that for long distance power transmission, you have to keep amperage low and voltage high.
But the lot behind it (which would be across the street from the first row to the sea buildings has an empty lot that actually gives a decent sea view (through some hotels, but surprisingly not that blocked). so the question is why, is this lot empty? from my research it seems its not landing site for one of the major fiber networks and is built into an underground data center for the landing. So the assumption is that this is basically about as good as one can get that the lot wont be developed (at least in the semi near future) due to the difficulty of relocating the fiber and the security implications of building a residential building on top of it. Still just a bit out of my ability (which makes me a little sad) but cest la vie.
anyways just something I learned about the fiber optic networks that connect the world in my hunt for an apartment.
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All Over The Globe - The Past, Present and Future of Communication Cables by D. Sharle (1989)
https://archive.org/details/d.-sharle-all-over-the-globe-mir...
* https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
* https://www.submarinecablemap.com