Internet Vs Ocean: the essential wires we never think about

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Did you know that the internet is held together by a network of undersea cables? And did you also know that these cables can trace their origin back to 1850s? What has and hasn’t changed in the last 150 years may surprise you.

Thanks to TeleGeography’s https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

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Written and presented by
JAY FOREMAN https://www.twitter.com/jayforeman
MARK COOPER-JONES https://www.twitter.com/markcooperjones

Director/DOP
JADE NAGI https://www.twitter.com/jade_nagi

Edited by
JAY FOREMAN

Runner
ABBY TIMMS

VFX
CHRIS WALKER https://www.artstation.com/zangrethordigital
DAVE BRAIN https://www.youtube.com/guksack

Additional Graphics
DARREN DUTTON https://www.twitter.com/Darren_Dutton