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A place for sharing links to data center cabling that could be considered modern art (or porn) to the network junkies of Reddit.

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[–]eose 8 points9 points ago

Is it just me or is 7 tbps not seem like much for the amount of users?

[–]phys1cs 5 points6 points ago

There's a lot of caching.

[–]CompSci_Enthusiast 6 points7 points ago

[–]danopia 1 point2 points ago

Does the cable really need to be stretched like that?

[–]Xipher 0 points1 point ago

I guess consider your usage patterns, and how much actually needs to traverse these fibers.

[–]redstripedcat 6 points7 points ago

ASIA

Asia has an enormous number of internet users: 501 milion of the world's 1.3 bilion users. And it's growing by 882% per year.

WUT?

[–]vardump 2 points3 points ago

And thats one of the main drivers for IPv6

[–]Simnol 0 points1 point ago

:( Such slow uptake.

[–]IbidtheWriter 0 points1 point ago

Thus it's estimated there will be 3.9 billion users next year and over 30 billion users in the year after that.

[–]redstripedcat 0 points1 point ago

Need to repopulate the world.

[–]camason 5 points6 points ago

I want a super high-res print of this for my office. But not one costing hundreds of my Great British Pounds.

[–]ChiperSoft 2 points3 points ago

This explains why NZ and Australia have such bad internet. NEED MORE CABLES!

[–]well_maybe 0 points1 point ago

Looks very tidy ;) (Yes, I know this is really a schematic)

[–]stebbiv 0 points1 point ago

Greenland Connect and FARICE are already in service. And the map needs more Svalbard.

[–]pat_trick[!] 0 points1 point ago

Need more crosslinks into Hawaii!

[–]OompaOrangeFace 0 points1 point ago

The total capacity vs used capacity is hugely misleading. It looks like the height of the circles is the measurement, not the area like you would think.

[–]Silverkarn 0 points1 point ago

My god, just imagine the amount of copper used in all those cables.