They’ve been planning this for like 10 years at this point. Google laid thousands of miles of cable that are operational since the last time I heard about this.
Toll road. I know what’s going to happen with this. People are going to have the option to get a subscription for faster internet access or some shit.
A global undersea cable network has been in place for 30 years. It’s woefully overcapacity 24/7.
https://www.iscpc.org/information/global-submarine-cable-systems/
It takes huge capital and time to lay cable, and the point of doing it is that you’re booking bandwidth from ISPs, often years in advance. There’s competition, but it’s also a seller’s market because of huuuuuuuge bandwidth demands.
Maybe they have some recent Kessler syndrome modelling that makes it more urgent. Given the build up in low Earth orbit it’s a reasonable backup idea.Also the global south is pretty underserved
Hasn’t this type of thing been going on for decades? Why is it news that meta is doing it?
