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Damaged European undersea cables impact internet connectivity worldwide

Why it matters: Multiple undersea cables in the south of France were cut overnight, making Internet access unreliable globally. Engineers fixed one broken link, and investigations are still ongoing. Fingers have been pointed at Russian submarines because of the Ukraine conflict, but investigators have not yet found any evidence supporting this assumption.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia , October 20, 2022, 3:21 PM 59 comments

Google The Web

Google and Facebook are building a subsea cable system that will boost Internet connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region

A large majority of international Internet traffic is routed through subsea cables

By Shawn Knight , August 16, 2021, 9:16 AM

Google The Web

Google's new Firmina subsea cable will connect North and South America

Firmina will improve access to Google services for users in South America

By Shawn Knight , June 9, 2021, 1:47 PM

Google The Web

Google's new undersea cable will connect the US with Spain and the UK

The Grace Hopper cable will be Google's first direct route to Spain

By Shawn Knight , July 28, 2020, 10:10 AM

The Web Security

DOJ opposes Facebook and Google building 8,000-mile Internet cable to Hong Kong

US-China tensions over Hong Kong are reignited by Internet underwater expansion

By Adrian Potoroaca , June 25, 2020, 3:32 PM

Security Industry

US government could block Facebook/Google-backed undersea cable over security concerns

A result of increased tensions between the US and China

By Rob Thubron , August 29, 2019, 7:39 AM

The Web Google

Google announces Equiano, a subsea cable from Portugal to Africa

Google's third private cable will be their best yet

By Isaiah Mayersen , June 30, 2019, 10:40 AM

Industry Google

Google is building three more undersea cables, adding new zones for improved cloud infrastructure

Google to add Netherlands, Montreal, Los Angeles, Finland, and Hong Kong cloud computing regions

By William Gayde , January 17, 2018, 8:56 AM

The Web Industry

Facebook and Microsoft complete work on 160-terabits-per-second subsea data cable

Marea stretches more than 4,000 miles across the Atlantic

By Shawn Knight , September 25, 2017, 5:30 PM

Google The Web

Google's 9,000km internet cable connecting the USA with Japan switches on

By Tim Schiesser , June 30, 2016, 6:15 AM 11 comments

Industry The Web

Facebook and Microsoft join forces to lay massive undersea cable across the Atlantic

By Shawn Knight , May 26, 2016, 3:00 PM

Industry The Web

Google investing in 'Faster' trans-pacific cable to connect US and Japan

By Himanshu Arora , August 12, 2014, 6:15 AM

undersea cable tapping fiber optic cable wiretap

Industry

NSA and GCHQ siphoning huge quantities of data from undersea fiber optic cables

By Jesse Schoff , July 18, 2013, 5:30 PM 35 comments

Industry

Three divers arrested for attempting to cut submarine Internet cable

By Shawn Knight , March 28, 2013, 8:30 AM 9 comments