1901-2009 undersea cable

[angelblaze]

From gizmodo see this map: undersea cables circa 1901

As we can plainly see the amount of telecoms cables have not increased much this past century.

 

[LazyLion]

somehow I find that hard to believe. Got any other confirmation of this? /me goes to Google.

 

[angelblaze]

The source site (http://www.atlantic-cable.com/Maps/) looks legit.

For comparison how it looks like now:
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg

 

[LazyLion]

Ja... I guess it is legit. I wonder what happened to all those old cables that used to run to South Africa?

 

[Grouter]

Ja... I guess it is legit. I wonder what happened to all those old cables that used to run to South Africa?

Cut at the landing point, tied to a bakkie, and hauled out to the scrap merchants probably.