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告别让全球互联网成为可能的海底电缆

SAY GOODBYE TO THE SUBSEA CABLE THAT MADE THE INTERNET POSSIBLE · Jane Ruffino
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本文讲述了第一条跨大西洋光纤电缆TAT-8的退役和回收过程,以及维护海底电缆网络的人们的故事。
原文开头
SHARKS ARE INNOCENT. Or at least they’re not eating the internet. As a family of cartilaginous fish, sharks are collectively not guilty of most, if not all, charges of biting, chomping, chewing, or otherwise attacking the underwater network of fiber-optic cables. The people who build and maintain the nearly 600 subsea cables that carry almost all of our intercontinental traffic—supporting just about every swipe, tap, Zoom, and doomscroll anywhere on the planet—have a love-hate relationship with this myth, which has persisted for decades. They might even hate that I’m starting this piece with it. …
摘自《连线》(Wired)2026年5月刊,Jane Ruffino。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。
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