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0 pointsSymbiote7y ago0 comments

> Who'da thought this was going on in 1884?

It's well-known in Britain, at least. It looks to be part of the science examination taken at age 16 [2].

On your Wikipedia page, the section "British dominance of early cable" [1] describes the early success in this technology.

Last time I was at the Science Museum in London, they had an exhibition on transatlantic cables. I think it's part of the permanent exhibition. [0] [3]

[0] https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/how-per...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable...

[2] https://www.bbc.com/teach/class-clips-video/the-invention-of... (video probably only available in the UK).

[3] https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/search/gallery/infor...

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samstave7y ago· 1 in thread

You would probably be interested in looking into the USS Jimmy Carter submarine....

The one the NSA uses to pull up and splice spying equipment into undersea cables....

Theodores6y ago

They don't do that with most of the cables, the cable just comes ashore and goes into the NSA/GCHQ box and that is it.

So I guess that Google have done a deal with the devil already with this, wherever that cable comes ashore will be the mystery room with mystery kit inside, much like what goes on in Sennen in Cornwall. Cable and Wireless operate the cable, it goes to the GCHQ box that then connects with GCHQ in Bude and then on to the doughnut in Cheltenham where the spying for the NSA is done. This is the 'special relationship'.

Nobody thinks Google is evil(!) so you have to wonder how much is done as per the 'Glomar Explorer', with the whole thing being a bit of a cover story. The race is on for Africa with the option being Google doing it or the dreaded Huawei doing it, which would really mean getting the USS Jimmy Carter out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_Explorer

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