“Darling, it’s better / down where it’s wetter”*…

From our old friend Neal Agarwal, a long (and illuminating) scroll from the surface to the “bottom” of the ocean (10,924 meters down)…

“The Deep Sea,” from @neal.fun.

* “Sebastian, “Under the Sea,” The Little Mermaid

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As we dive: we might send connected birthday greetings to a man who put the sea floor to use, Clarence Mackay; he was born on this date in 1874. An early telecom entrepreneur, he supervised the completion of the first transpacific cable between the United States and the Far East in 1904. He laid a cable between New York and Cuba in 1907, and later established cable communication with southern Europe via the Azores and with northern Europe via Ireland. And in 1928, he became the first to combine radio, cables, and telegraphs under one management. (He sold his business, Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation, to International Telephone and Telegraph Company [ITT] for an enormous amount of stock… just in time for the stock market crash in 1929, which wiped him out. He survived the Great Depression by selling his art and antiques.)

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Southern Europe is becoming a new hub for the internet.

When you think about the internet, you probably picture wireless connections. In reality, 99% of what we do online travels through cables on the ocean.

The fastest expansion in Europe is happening in southern Europe, through the Adriatic, Aegean, and Black Seas.

Routes in this corridor are projected to grow by around 270% between 2025 and 2027.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260415-southern-europe-is-becoming-a-new-hub-for-the-internet?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#UnderseaCables #Internet #Tech #Europe #Sea

Russia Unveils Covert Submarine Operations Near Undersea Cables

Russia has been secretly deploying submarines to shadow undersea cables, the lifelines of global communication, in a move that's raised alarm bells with the UK and its allies. British defense officials claim they tracked every mile of a Russian submarine operation, involving multiple vessels, that posed a risk to these critical…

https://osintsights.com/russia-unveils-covert-submarine-operations-near-undersea-cables?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Russia #UnderseaCables #SubmarineOperations #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics

Global Undersea Data Arteries Under Scrutiny Amid Sabotage Fears

Governments and tech firms are adding defenses to undersea data cables. This is because of fears that countries might try to damage them, causing internet outages.

#UnderseaCables, #CyberSecurity, #DataProtection, #GlobalTech, #InternetSafety

https://newsletter.tf/undersea-cable-protection-sabotage-fears-global/

More countries are watching undersea cables closely. This is because the risk of sabotage has gone up a lot in the last 18 months.

#UnderseaCables, #CyberSecurity, #DataProtection, #GlobalTech, #InternetSafety
https://newsletter.tf/undersea-cable-protection-sabotage-fears-global/