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Google is set to build Umoja, the first subsea fibre optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Australia.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

~8000km cable, 300,000km/s speed of light = ~2ms to travel that distance. Pretty decent.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Quick! Before China does it!

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