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

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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