The internet connects countries and continents primarily through submarine fiber optic cables that run under oceans. These high-capacity cables transmit data using light signals, enabling global communication. As digital economies expand and geopolitical tensions shape technological dependencies, undersea cables emerge not. Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) is a 28,000-kilometre-long (17,398 mi; 15,119 nmi) fibre optic mostly- submarine communications cable that connects the United Kingdom, Japan, India, and many places in between. Though invisible, these million fiber optic arteries have been binding nations, industries, and technologies, enabling. The truth is that over 98% of all international internet traffic travels not through the air, but through a colossal, physical network of undersea cables laid across the ocean floor.
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