FACEBOOK & MICROSOFT BUILD
FIBRE OPTIC CABLE WITH SPEED OF 160 TERA BYTE PER SECOND ACROSS ATLANTIC.
Facebook and Microsoft have teamed up to make a new fibre optic cable across the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It seems that the US tech giants, are aiming to get strong hold of the Internet.
The upcoming project is called Marea . It will cover about 4,000 miles [6,437 Kilometers] between Virginia and Spain with eight pairs of fiber optic strands which would make its highest capacity link across the Atlantic. The two tech giants have collaborated with Spanish Internet carrier,Telefonica SA to make the cable, so it is likely that the service will start from next year.
The fibre optic cable will provide speeds up to 160 terabits per second of bandwidth, about 16 million times the bandwidth of the normal home Internet connection. It will let the two companies to move vast amounts of information between the many computer data centers and networks in a systematic manner.
Fast connectivity is especially important to Facebook which aims to convince users across the world to broadcast live video and meet in virtual reality. These two activities can eat huge amounts of bandwidth.
“In order to better serve our customers and provide the type of reliable and low-latency connectivity they deserve, we are continuing to invest in new and innovative ways to continuously upgrade both the Microsoft Cloud and the global internet infrastructure,” Frank Rey, Microsoft’s director of global network acquisition, said in a statement.
However, the companies refused to give a cost estimation for the cable. New trans Atlantic cables normally need more than $200 million to construct.
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