“Google finishes laying a giant undersea internet cable stretching 3,900 miles from New York to the UK and Spain” – Why is this needed and how is there a cable that’s long enough?

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[source](https://www.businessinsider.com.au/google-grace-hopper-undersea-subsea-internet-cable-nyc-london-2021-9/)

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Answer 1

It’s not a continueous cable. There arerepeating amplifiers every 10km or so. It’s all spliced up into a giant spool on the ship, as shown in the other thread.