GEOGRAPHY OF THE GLOBAL SUBMARINE FIBER-OPTIC CABLE NETWORK: THE CASE FOR ARCTIC OCEAN SOLUTIONS
Journal: Geographical Review
Year: 2020

The world is becoming ever more digitally connected. The submarine fiber-optic cable network is crucial for maintaining and developing this connectivity. This article first introduces the key characteristics of and required changes in the network. It then clarifies the network's importance in generating and relaying meanings and practices that sustain contemporary, networked societies globally. Next, it focuses on the challenges of slowness or lack of faster connections and of concentration in c