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Cable-Laying Boom Will Boost Internet Capacity

Posted by timothy on from the well-the-oceans-are-cute dept.

Barence writes "Dozens of new undersea internet cables are set to be laid over the next couple of years, providing a huge boost to worldwide capacity. The huge boom in internet video has led to doomsday scenarios of the internet running out of capacity. Although experts believe that there is abundant amounts of 'dark fibre' lying unused in oceans across the world, major telcos are pushing ahead with projects that will see at least 25 new cables laid by 2010, at a cost of $6.4bn."

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  1. Dark Fibre? by hellfish006 · · Score: 5, Funny

    i assume it amounts to 90% of the fibre on earth...

    1. Re:Dark Fibre? by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 3, Funny

      How about the "boom", is that part normal?

  2. This time... by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'd better be anchor-proof.

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  3. Great by Corpuscavernosa · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess there's not much to say except 1) yay, the internet is not going to reach capacity and 2) now I won't have to worry about going back to magazines for pr0n. Much easier to clear your cache and history than finding a good wife/girlfriend/son proof hiding spot at the house.

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  4. slashdotters... by CDMA_Demo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dozens of new undersea internet cables are set to be laid

    Look, even cables get laid

  5. Re:The Fiber I Care About by denis-The-menace · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even if you could, you'd be capped at 40GB/mo and get Copyright warnings in the email.

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