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Comment by azernik

I strongly doubt there are any non-fiber submarine cables. Fiber's main strength is range; trying to run signals over electrical conductors over hundred-km-plus distances is not cost-effective and hasn't been for decades.

(It's been done historically, but with very heavy cables, very high endpoint power levels, lots of repeaters, and really poor throughput.)

parent azernik 5 years ago

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