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Submarine cables

6 points| onreact-com | 16 years ago |newscientist.com | reply

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[+] keltecp11|16 years ago|reply
Who pays for these?
[+] bayleo|16 years ago|reply
They are generally funded by coalitions of multinational telecommunications companies (AT&T, BT Group, Telstra, Bharti, etc) and built and maintained by specialized marine fiber-laying companies.