This interactive submarine cable map shows global undersea and underwater fiber optic cables connecting continents and countries worldwide. Use the controls at the top to play the animation or step through year by year. For more details and insights, please read this. Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) is a 28,000-kilometre-long (17,398 mi; 15,119 nmi) fibre optic mostly- submarine communications cable that connects the United Kingdom, Japan, India, and many places in between. The cable is operated by Global Cloud Xchange, a former subsidiary of RCOM. Map 1 is the modern world internet cable map (today's backbone). Map 2 highlights a major internet cable chokepoint in the Red Sea. Map 4 is the original early-2010s map kept as a historical comparison.
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