longreads, 1 month ago "The reason websites continue to load, bank transfers go through, and civilization persists is because of the thousand or so people living aboard 20-some ships stationed around the world, who race to fix each cable as soon as it breaks." For The Verge, Josh Dzieza highlights the workers of the subsea cable industry who keep the internet running: https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships #Longreads #Journalism #Japan #Internet #Communications #Sea #Ocean
"The reason websites continue to load, bank transfers go through, and civilization persists is because of the thousand or so people living aboard 20-some ships stationed around the world, who race to fix each cable as soon as it breaks."
For The Verge, Josh Dzieza highlights the workers of the subsea cable industry who keep the internet running: https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
#Longreads #Journalism #Japan #Internet #Communications #Sea #Ocean
ekongkaar, 1 month ago @longreads That was a fascinating and impactful story.
@longreads That was a fascinating and impactful story.
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