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Light Speed Under the Sea
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In 1858, Queen Victoria sent a telegraph to U.S. President Buchanan, via the first undersea cable.
The cable worked for just a few weeks, but it launched an international cable network that still dominates global communication.
We think we live in a wireless world. But it’s just the short hop from our phones and wifi to a receiving antenna. Nearly everything after that is transmitted by cable,…