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Odd Lots: The Undersea Cables That Connect the World (Podcast)

Bloomberg Tech · May 13, 2026, 8:00 AM

In 2006, then-Senator Ted Stevens coined an infamous term for how to understand the internet: It’s a “series of tubes.” The funny thing is, that’s a fairly accurate description. Underneath the world’s oceans, miles and miles of fiber-optic cables send packets of information from one location to the

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