Hulton Archive/Getty Images The Indicator from Planet Money Inside the underwater cables powering the economy April 5, 2023 • On the Internet, everything feels instantaneous. But how exactly did that data get to you? We'll take you on a virtual tour of the 19th-century technology that runs the modern world. Inside the underwater cables powering the economy Listen · 9:26 9:26 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1168230334/1168306481" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A satellite image taken by a Japanese weather satellite shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (Japan Meteorology Agency via AP) AP hide caption toggle caption AP World An undersea cable fault could cut Tonga from the rest of the world for weeks January 18, 2022 • Amid the 7.6-magnitude quake, the single fiber optic cable that the archipelago relied on for global communications ruptured.
