23 April 2010

Learn Something New Every Dinner Party



I had the privilege of having some great company over for dinner last night and we got to talk about the internet and the web and how it all works. Surprising to say it was all a little beyond me.

I found out that we have cables in the sea that communicate as one big network to basically for a large network called the web.

The thing is that this has been going on for centuries. The image below is what the Eastern Telegraph Company had in 1901... WOW!!!


This is what we have now.


Apparently this is all cheaper than satellites!!

This image is good too

1 comment:

  1. Hahaha. Your reactions were just priceless.

    "Wait, there are CABLES across the OCEAN? WOW!"

    :D

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