Are there any compilations of cable data, either in high-res map form or maybe a text database?

September 4, 2004 1:36 PM

GlobalNetworkingFilter: There are submarine cables under the oceans which connect the continents together. Are there any compillations of cable data, either in high-res map form or maybe a text database? [mi]

I'm most interested in the names of the cables, their bandwidth capacity, and their endpoints. I don't care much about terrestrial cables or anyone's private cables. Just the public cables that carry voice or internet traffic.

posted by b1tr0t to computers & internet (6 comments total)

This map is a start, although I think it's a few years out of date. There's some more detail in the last few pages of this document. Tyco has a pretty big system, there's a map of it here.
posted by Zonker at 1:58 PM on September 4, 2004

I think you're looking for this?
posted by rdr at 2:49 PM on September 4, 2004

There's the Southern Cross Cables
posted by holloway at 7:03 PM on September 4, 2004

No maps, but lots of details in this article by Neal Stephenson.
posted by vers at 5:18 AM on September 5, 2004

I should never post in the morning before sufficient caffeine. Embarassing.
posted by vers at 5:22 AM on September 5, 2004

· Here are some details one the cables operated by Alcatel.
· These guys sell a poster for U$ 225!
· (Some Historical Maps)
posted by golo at 8:39 AM on September 5, 2004