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miahi on Feb 28, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Submarine Cable Map

Given the cost of such an operation, I don't think you can get some profit even if they were made of gold.

As time passes, most of the cable is buried deeper and deeper under debris that falls on the ocean floor. This means that you cannot just pull it up, you would have to dig to get it out.

onemoreact on Feb 29, 2012 | [–]

Go a few miles out and there is very little to debris to fall onto the ocean floor.

maaku on Feb 28, 2012 | [–]

Most cables don't run on the seabed.

kijin on Feb 28, 2012 | [–]

Umm, then where do they run? They can't float in the middle of the water.

maaku on Feb 29, 2012 | | [–]

Uh, yeah they do. Often they hang from a buoy, floating in the middle of the water.

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