Facebook and Microsoft Team Up for Fiber Optic Cable Across Atlantic

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Microsoft and Facebook are teaming up to build a new fiber optic cable that stretches from Virginia Beach in the United States to Bilbao, Spain - that's 4,100 miles across the Atlantic. Construction on the cable, known and Marea, is set to begin in August and is expected to be completed in October of 2017.

So why are they building Marea?

For starters, Microsoft and Facebook say that the cable will help meet growing demand for faster and more reliable services. Another nice aspect of this plan is that fiber optic cables are more effective and cheaper than satellites. They have the capacity to send 160 TB of data per second and operate at 99.7% the speed of light. I don't know about you but I'm looking forward to Internet speeds in the future.
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Cables and Connectors
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