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A map of undersea cables that power the internet Linked for huge. The article says that we're only using about 20% of the network's total capacity, but I'm sure that varies by market and peak times. The US and the west are not surprisingly the biggest consumers of bandwidth. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671777/infographic-the-550000-miles-of-undersea-cabling-that-powers-the-internet#1 Link to zoomable map: http://submarine-cable-map-2013.telegeography.com/
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WreckSov posted:Who owns those cables, and who keeps them in working order? I think they're all owned or co-owned by various telecom companies and they're maintained by various telecom companies or subcontracted out to companies like Tyco's SubCom. It could vary depending on the country though. Another Israel is Gaza, West Bank and Golan heights map, now with rocket travel times. From one of my favorite blogs, Strange Maps  http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/587-maps-as-war-by-other-means
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TheImmigrant posted:I'm thinking of the maintenance challenges of a few thousand km of railway on permafrost, in the most remote part of Russia. It was done in Tibet, the most remote part of China. There is of course A LOT more ground to cover in an even emptier part of the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4v-socoaa8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai%E2%80%93Tibet_Railway
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