Animated map reveals the 113,000 miles of cable that power America's internet

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July 5, 2017 4:00 PM

Computer science Professor Paul Barford and a team of researchers published the first publicly available map of the US's long-haul fiber-optic cable network

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Computer science Professor Paul Barford and a team of researchers published the first publicly available map of the US's long-haul fiber-optic cable network. It took the team nearly four years to put together by sifting through public records and data from internet and cable providers.

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