{"id":4837,"date":"2016-12-16T07:57:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T15:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=4837"},"modified":"2016-12-16T07:59:25","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T15:59:25","slug":"kinda-fascinating-how-undersea-internet-cables-are-built-laid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/16\/kinda-fascinating-how-undersea-internet-cables-are-built-laid\/","title":{"rendered":"Fascinating: How undersea Internet cables are built &#038; laid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEnvision a blimp flying over the country, and then we\u2019re laying the cable from the blimp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoyed the latest piece from Google\u2019s Nat &amp; Lo, showing how networks are physically connected (<a href=\"http:\/\/submarine-cable-map-2015.telegeography.com\/\">interactive map<\/a>) among continents.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H9R4tznCNB0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The internet allows us to see videos, photos, and news from anywhere in the world almost instantaneously. But how?! In this video we learn about the hundreds of underwater fiber optic cables that connect continents, cities, and data centers all over the world \u2013\u2013 and investigate how these cables are made, how they\u2019re installed, and more.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NewImage.png\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NewImage-17.png\" alt=\"NewImage\" width=\"549\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/submarine-cable-map-2015.telegeography.com\/\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEnvision a blimp flying over the country, and then we\u2019re laying the cable from the blimp.\u201d I really enjoyed the latest piece from Google\u2019s Nat &amp; Lo, showing how networks are physically connected (interactive map) among continents. The internet allows us to see videos, photos, and news from anywhere in the world almost instantaneously. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4837"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4840,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837\/revisions\/4840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}