01/08/2016
Much of the internet is still built using physical giant optic cables that run under the ocean. Microsoft and Facebook have teamed up to build the most powerful transatlantic cable called the MAREA.
The cable is estimated to have the capacity of 160 terabytes per second at start. For further possibilities, the cables are designed to be upgradeable as tech improves. MAREA is meant to be 6,600 kilometers long, running from Virginia, U.S. to Bilbao, Spain.
MAREA when it's done, will be first to connect the U.S. to the southern Europe. It will also connect further to networks hubs in Africa, Middle East and Asia.