Enter Meta's mooted new internet cable, which is planned to be longer than the circumference of the Earth and up to four miles down into the sea. If that seems immediately counter-intuitive ...

The high-capacity, fiber-optic cable that will link five continents will span a fantastic 31,000 miles (50,000 km) – for reference, the circumference of the Earth is 24,901 miles (40,075 km ...

They enable internet access in areas of the Earth's surface without landline connections by copper or fibre optic cable, or ...

Feb. 18 (UPI) --Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, confirmed plans Monday to build the world's longest subsea cable that will circle the Earth and connect five continents.

Meta has launched the longest undersea cable network. Facebook owner Meta has announced an ambitious plan to build the longest undersea cable network that will reach five major continents and span ...

That’s longer from end to end than the circumference of the Earth. When completed, the massive cable is expected to connect the US, Brazil, South Africa, India, and other regions along the route.

Meta has announced plans to lay over 50,000 kilometers (31,069 miles) of subsea cables spanning five continents, the world's longest project of its kind, dubbing the effort “Project Waterworth”.