how do they replace the undersea internet data cable?

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Isn’t it millons of teeny tiny reconnections?

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Nope.

A single fiber can carry absolutely absurd amounts of data across. Undersea cables carry fibers measured in dozens, not hundreds.

The new MARAE cable between Virginia and Spain for example carries 224 tbps of data on a single digit number of fiber pairs. 8 pairs to be exact.

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