The internet benefits from under sea cables

In the article A giant undersea cable makes the Internet a split-second faster, written by David Goldman on March 30, 2012; The article explains how countries throughout the world are connected physically by subsea fiber-optic cables that circumnavigate the world. The cords stretch along the bottom of the ocean. One of the biggest subsea cable providers reaches about 130,500 miles of fiber; enough to circle the earth five times. Subsea fiber-optic cables are significant because they provide safeguards that ensure the internet wont all of the sudden go out. The cables also increase the internets speed. These cables underwater can potentially help people a lot, but they can also put stock traders at a greater risk for losing millions of dollars in a span of time. Having these cables at the bottom of the ocean have benefited from many things such as not requiring large towers to hold them and being shielded from wind, trees, storms and etc. Once placed at the bottom of the ocean they can be left there without being touched for a quarter century. There are possibilities the cables can be accidently cut by ship anchors. The cables have a GPS within them so that it allows ships to be able to locate where the wires are. The more connecting cables throughout the countries, the less likely the internet is to be disrupted. I found this article very interesting. I would think that submerging cables within the ocean would be much more complex and dangerous, but it actually seems to be very helpful. If I had not read this article I would not have had any idea about this. It is fascinating what we can do with technology now a days. I think that putting cables underwater is a very smart ide. Just as Goldman points out in the article, large towers are not required to hold them and we do not have to worry about destructive conditions, for the most part, causing them harm.