A new, gorgeous map details the world's submarine cables as they appear in 2013, ... but they can manage astonishing data transfer rates of 40Gbps to 10Tbps -- and they will only get faster.

The map on TeleGeography’s Submarine Cable Map site provides a very cool interactive look at this huge global network of undersea cables, and CNN has more maps on its site as part of a recent post.

Via Richard Forno, of Infowarrior, this interactive map of the world's undersea data-cable architecture. You can zoom the map in and out and click on any individual cable to see its routes and ...

According to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 99% of the world’s data is transmitted through subsea cables, including an estimated $10 trillion a day in financial transactions.

An incredible map shows the underground cables that keep the world's internet alive “under attack”. The earth’s ocean floors are covered in 1,400,000km of internet cables, which carry more ...

This map data was compiled by Greg Mahlknecht using resources he found on the internet. It shows the major pipes flowing from Europe to North America and those from Asia to Australia and Africa.

There are over 420 submarine cables transporting around 95 percent of cross-border data and voice traffic. The first undersea cable was laid in 1858 from Ireland to Canada, allowing users to share ...

Undersea cables, also known as submarine communications cables, are fiber-optic cables laid on the ocean floor and used to transmit data between continents. These cables are the backbone of the ...

A new 9,000-mile subsea cable in the Arctic could reroute data traffic away from vulnerable choke points. Migratory birds sit on a pile of glaciers floating in the Baffin Bay near Pituffik ...

The map on TeleGeography’s Submarine Cable Map site provides a very cool interactive look at this huge global network of undersea cables, and CNN has more maps on its site as part of a recent post.