Google and Asian firms laying US-Japan underwater cable

Google and Asian firms laying US-Japan underwater cable
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 12, 2014 - Google is partnering with five Asian telecom firms to build a $300 million underwater cable across the Pacific Ocean in a bid to meet surging Internet use. The project, named FASTER, would see the 9,000-kilometre (5,600 mile) fibre-optic cable stretch from two points in Japan to the United States, with extensions to other Asian locations later on, the companies said. In the US, the cable ... more

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