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How Google Is Cramming More Data Into Its New Atlantic Cable

How Google Is Cramming More Data Into Its New Atlantic Cable

How Google Is Cramming More Data Into Its New Atlantic Cable

Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer

April 8, 20196m 53s

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Google says the fiber optic cable it's building across the Atlantic Ocean will be the fastest of its kind. When the cable goes live next year, the company estimates it will transmit around 250 terabits per second, fast enough to zap all the contents of the Library of Congress from Virginia to France three times every second. That's about 56 percent faster than Facebook and Microsoft's Marea cable, which can transmit about 160 terabits per second between Virginia and Spain.

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