.Global Warming Opens up Arctic for Undersea Cable
Global warming has melted so much Arctic ice that a telecommunication group is moving forward with a project that was unthinkable just a few years ago: laying underwater fiber optic cable between Tokyo and London by way of the Northwest Passage.
The proposed system would nearly cut in half the time it takes to send messages from the United Kingdom to Asia, said Walt Ebell, CEO of Kodiak-Kenai Cable Co. The route is the shortest underwater path between Tokyo and London.
The quicker transmission time is important in the financial world where milliseconds can count in executing profitable trades and transactions. "Speed is the crux," Ebell said. "You're cutting the delay from 140 milliseconds to 88 milliseconds."
ABC
The proposed system would nearly cut in half the time it takes to send messages from the United Kingdom to Asia, said Walt Ebell, CEO of Kodiak-Kenai Cable Co. The route is the shortest underwater path between Tokyo and London.
The quicker transmission time is important in the financial world where milliseconds can count in executing profitable trades and transactions. "Speed is the crux," Ebell said. "You're cutting the delay from 140 milliseconds to 88 milliseconds."
ABC
posted by madtom at 9:25 PM
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Except loss of Arctic ice is a lie. The 2007 data has been proven to have been 'in error' and 2008 and 2009 saw the greatest growth ever recorded. The ice is now at 1971 levels and rising. Try 'arctic ice' search if you doubt me. My guess is this line would be proposed regardless of 'global warming', but the story sounds much more alarming with some GW BS thrown in for drama. It's getting sort of pathetic that these fools keep hanging on to their faith.
there is a big controversy some beleive that it is melting and it is so divided in practicly half and halh
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