The Secret of Internet Submarine Cables Work
Of the thousands of kilometers of submarine fiber optic cables that are installed along the oceans depends to guarantee an improvement in telecommunications services. Every time you play a video on YouTube, watch a series on Netflix or download an application on your mobile, make use of this technology.
"Most users think that all communication along the chain of data that is transmitted is wireless. Not really. There comes a point on the network where the antennas seen on the street gather the information of the mobile users and move it to the network, through fiber optics, "explains Héctor Silva, Ciena's director of technology.
In essence, an underwater cable is a set of equipment designed to allow the interconnection between two or more points, passing through the seabed. The system ...