Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort

["D.H. van der Woude" <dirkvanderwoude () gmail com>]

On 1/14/07, Bill Woodcock <woody () pch net> wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070112/tc_afp/asiaquakeinternet_070112170621
>
> A few numbers to help understand the scale of the effort being applied.
>
>                                  -Bill

The Smithsonian has a beautiful online exhibition
on the laying of cables in oceans in the 19th
century.

-Dirk

http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Underwater-Web/uw-bold-and-cautious-01.htm



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