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Olu Niyi-Awosusi

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I think I'm a bit confused by the timelines. I would have assumed the first cables would be more quickly decommisioned and they apparently last around 25 years. If it wasn't to do with money/geopolitics or literal geography i'd have thought more would exist by now in some places?

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Mayor of the Moon's avatar Mayor of the Moon @moonmayor.bsky.social
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It's been a long time since I learned about mass communications, but the cables were really about the American and British wallstreets doing money stuff, and communications was a secondary benefit that convinced people to fund it. And from Britain you can run through Europe and beyond

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Olu Niyi-Awosusi's avatar Olu Niyi-Awosusi @olu.online
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*connecting some places, lol, thinking out loud

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