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If you were to include a “thing” that currently threatens the Internet, there is a good chance that the first answer that would come to mind are would certainly not “the shark.” Yet these animals are indeed a danger to the submarine cables that carry data around the world, says Slate. For still unclear reason, these predators of the ocean are drawn to the cables they bite creating incidents on the global network. Already in 2009, the UN had pointed the problem: “ The fish, including sharks-y, bite long cables, as shown by the teeth embedded in coatings Barracudas, sharks and others. species have been the source of cable failures. bites tend to penetrate the cable insulation, which allows the current conductor to make contact with the seawater. “
While this information seems amazing but Google is taking the threat very seriously sharks. Brandon Butler, a product manager of Google recently announced that the multinational enrobera its trans-Pacific submarine Kevlar to protect against any bite or other incision cables. And for good reason: to ensure fast data transmission is essential for the American company that wishes to outperform its competitors
Recently, the company announced that it also participated in the construction of. a new trans-Pacific cable system linking the United States to Japan at speeds up to 60 Tbps, a speed 10 million times higher than conventional cable modems.
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