Google and Asian firms laying US Japan underwater cable

TOKYO, August 12 – Google is partnering with five Asian telecom firms to build a $300 million underwater cable across the Pacific Ocean in a bid to meet surging Internet use. The project, named FASTER, would see the 9,000 kilometre (5,600 mile) fibre optic cable stretch from two points in Japan to the United States, […]

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