how does one internet cable distribute so many different connections?

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There are just a few internet cables going through the Atlantic for example and yet millions of internet users connect between Europe and the USA for example and everybody will get exactly the data he asked for. How can one cable deliver so many different informations at once?

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Each packet of data has information about where it is going and where it is from. The routers and switches at each network “hop” see this information and send it to where it needs to go.

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