Here in the bright, white technological heat of 2025, wireless seems to be the way for everything. So, it's somewhat sobering to be reminded of the prosaic physical reality that underpins modern comms, namely that really long cables carry as much as 98% of internet traffic. Enter Meta's mooted new internet cable, which is planned to be longer than the circumference of the Earth and up to four miles down into the sea.
If that seems immediately counter-intuitive, such cables obviously don't just go in a straight line across the surface of the planet. Indeed, in a blog post (via the Guardian) Meta says new cable will connect the US, India, South Africa, Brazil and more.
