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Message: [QUOTE="Yokel, post: 11271891, member: 6671"] Where to start? The cables are a lot deeper than 200ft, and the majority of data traffic is carried by them. See [URL='http://Undersea Cables: Indispensable, insecure']Undersea Cables: Indispensable, insecure by Rishi Sunak MP[/URL] Summary of chapter 1 [I]• The UK and the world is highly dependent on undersea communications cables. • [B]97% of global communications are still transmitted via cables lying deep beneath the oceans.[/B] • Today’s submarine network comprises an estimated 213 independent cable systems and 545,018 miles of fibre. • There is no alternative to using these undersea cables. [B]Satellite technology cannot effectively handle the communications requirements of the modern digital economy and society.[/B] • In a single day, these cables carry some $10 trillion of financial transfers and process some 15 million financial transactions.[/I] [/QUOTE]