An earthquake breaks the undersea Internet · Proposed air date:
Dr. Dave reports that an earthquake south of Taiwan broke six of seven undersea cable systems and that carriers rerouted traffic through satellites and surviving lines. He and Evil Steve marvel that the modern Internet still depends on immense physical cables laid for thousands of miles along the ocean floor.
This excerpt runs from 6:10.658 to 8:27.070 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2006-12-30. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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