It was announced recently that Facbook and Microsoft are teaming up to build a new cable, MAREA, a transatlantic cable, from Northern Virginia to Bilbao, Spain. So clearly I missed a few lessons in my history courses. Because I never really thought about all the telecommunication cables running along the ocean floor connecting me to the rest of the world.
How does one wake up one day and say, " You know what, ,I think it would be a great idea to band some metal and cloth like material together under the ocean so people can communicate with each other!" #nailedit Below is the link to full article of the partnership and the hopes of greatness to come once the project is completed next year, 2017.