Video: The fiber optic network is intertwined on the ocean floor

The fiber optic system connected to the Internet under the seabed has a total length of 885,000km, enough to run 22 round the Earth.

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Map of undersea fiber optic cable

According to Business Insider, every time we access a website address or send an email, data is sent and received through a complex cable system, spread throughout the world.

We started installing ocean-crossing cables from the 1850s, so the global Internet connection is getting better and better. To date, hundreds of thousands of kilometers of fiber optic cable are constantly transmitting data between every country.