Google Moves Underwater: Fish Now Have Faster Internet Than You!

Sea Cable: A Whale of a Deal!

If you thought your connection was fast, hold on to your modems! Showing their love for all things water-related, Google has sunk a chunk of its virtually money-stuffed mattress into a submarine cable. But before you worry about scuba diving coders, this undersea hardware is all about that oh-so-sweet fiber-optic connectivity. Even brainy cephalopods will soon be clicking “I’m not a robot” CAPTCHAs.

Tax Dollars at Work

Fret not, this aquatic operation isn’t entirely funded by Google’s war chest. Uncle Sam and the Bruce Down Under (we mean the Australian government) have also tossed some coins into the fountain. It’s about time some of our taxes gave us more than just pothole-free roads and public libraries!

Benefits? Bigger than a Blue Whale

This oceanic brainchild is not just a result of tech magnates having too much idle money and time. This subsea cable is going to make your internet faster, more reliable, and perhaps even cheaper! Now isn’t that a treasure you’d want from the ocean floor?

Hot Take

If you’ve always dreamed of content loading faster than you can say, “Google’s undersea cable project,” your dream might just be around the corner. Just remember though, while you’re excitedly streaming your next kitty video in HD with no buffering, somewhere out there, a confused octopus is probably wrapping itself around a fiber-optic cable wondering why it’s getting faster responses to its online dating profile.

Original article: https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-is-building-a-subsea-cable-linking-the-us-to-australia