Google backs an undersea cable to boost internet speed

[99vw]

 

The internet is quickest when you have a direct connection to the sites you're trying to reach, but that's a daunting challenge in the Pacific -- undersea network cables can cost hundreds of millions of dollars. It's therefore good to hear that Google and a host of telecom giants (China Mobile, China Telecom, Global Transit, KDDI and SingTel) are backing FASTER, a $300 million fiber optic cable that runs between Japan and the US.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/11/faster-undersea-cable/

 

It's always good to see progress on things like this.

[TheRisingMyth]

Hoping that Australia will ever benefit from it.

[Arty]

Google

[Shd0w2]

They musta fired a LOT of employees to do this, as well as buying twitch

[Vacsol]

I love how their official map of the project seems to have been drawn in paint.

[qwertywarrior]

Construction of FASTER will begin immediately and the system is targeted to be ready-for-service during the second quarter of 2016

 

wow  thats fast !

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

There are literally thousands of these cables already. Already multiple existing cbales that go from the US to Japan. Why is it special when Google does it?

[hammerslap1]

if they could do me a favor and run one to my house that would be great

There are literally thousands of these cables already. Why is it special when Google does it?

because google wont throttle our signals?

[99vw]

if they could do me a favor and run one to my house that would be great

 

As someone who is so close to Google fiber I can honestly say I know the feeling.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

because google wont throttle our signals?

The existing cables belong to companies that have nothing to do with residential ISPs. They would not benifit in any way by throttling any connection that goes over their networks.

[hammerslap1]

As someone who is so close to Google fiber I can honestly say I know the feeling.

i just moved from a place they were projected to be installing it

[RH00D]

because google wont throttle our signals?

The companies/organizations that control the undersea cables don't throttle anything. The cable has a physical capacity, ISPs can buy capacity on that line (although I'm pretty sure there are more middle-men ISPs and that regular ISPs don't buy direct capacity to those undersea cables) But anyways, they buy capacity on that line, and when their subscribers are saturating all the capacity the ISP has purchased, the ISP can either buy more capacity, costing the ISP money, or they can throttle users. Most ISPs just throttle users because they're greedy cheap arses.

[Sonefiler]

There are literally thousands of these cables already. Already multiple existing cbales that go from the US to Japan. Why is it special when Google does it?

Fiber

[Ezekiel]

Oh yes be happy and rejoice, for dark days lie ahead. A dark storm is creeping closer silent but deadly.

No but srsly nowadays google has their fingers everywhere when they succeed with this ( they will), then they will be in complete control of everything. The time I get completely suspicious is if google somehow teams up with facebook.

[RH00D]

Fiber

What are you trying to say? All undersea cables are fiber optic...

[sof006]

Google.. Google everywhere. Skynet is just around the corner... Oh wait http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/24/5835708/google-x-labs-artificial-intelligence-elon-musk-terminator

[Socky]

Omg that's great, as much as google is such a big company and basically could say fuck you I'm charging you this much for this. I still love them.

[Sonefiler]

The time I get completely suspicious is if google somehow teams up with facebook.

Are you fucking serious? Facebook is literally Google's biggest rival.

[patrickjp93]

There are literally thousands of these cables already. Already multiple existing cbales that go from the US to Japan. Why is it special when Google does it?

There are thousands of Gigabit ethernet or coaxial cables, but the proposed cable could carry up to 58 terabits (it's a compound cable).

What are you trying to say? All undersea cables are fiber optic...

That's not remotely true. They're mostly coaxial and twisted copper. The only really big fiber cables run from NY to London, LA to Beijing, and Orlando to Paris.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

There are thousands of Gigabit ethernet or coaxial cables, but the proposed cable could carry up to 58 terabits (it's a compound cable). 

You think the highest capacity submarine cable can carry 1gbps?

 

The cable this article is about is nothign special at all. It doesnt deserve a news article. I just dont understand why people think Google has invented something new with Google fibre or this article.

[patrickjp93]

You think the highest capacity submarine cable can carry 1gbps?

 

The cable this article is about is nothign special at all. It doesnt deserve a news article. I just dont understand why people think Google has invented something new with Google fibre or this article.

No one is saying Google is inventing anything new. They're just being charitable(rare these days). Of the existing submarine cables, the biggest supports about 5 terabits. This will support 10x that.

[ViruZ_HUN]

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/11/faster-undersea-cable/

 

It's always good to see progress on things like this.

I love diving under the sea:)

 

Stop reminding me about it:P I just miss it so hard:( But I can only dive ealiest next summer:(

[Trik'Stari]

if they could do me a favor and run one to my house that would be great

[RH00D]

That's not remotely true. They're mostly coaxial and twisted copper. The only really big fiber cables run from NY to London, LA to Beijing, and Orlando to Paris.

So this map of tons of fiber optic cables is a lie?

[patrickjp93]

So this map of tons of fiber optic cables is a lie?

A lot of that map is coaxial, and the red flag that this isn't the most well-learned source is the use of terabytes in bandwidth instead of terabits.