If you were wondering where we are hiding all the cords, the answer is at the bottom of the ocean.
Mapped below, you will find the fiber optic cables that make the internet a world wide web. Zoom in to find out who is behind every one of them with the 2012 Submarine Cable Map…
…or just gawk at the old school beauty of it all.
“In my day, we ran cables along the ocean floor to get our internet!”
[Maps by TeleGeography; Nicolas Rapp via Flowing Data]
