Facebook to build internet cable ‘circumference of Earth’

ByJerome Smith
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52676253

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The cable will be huge and buried deeper than others to prevent external damage

Facebook is teaming up with telecoms companies to build a 37,000km (23,000-mile) undersea cable to supply faster internet to 16 countries in Africa.

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