>>54833400
Not that they don't already have a hold on comms, already

>>54833400
What do they get out of it?

>>54833972
Presumably greater botnet transmission from Europe to the motherland.

There's no secret that ping between US and EU is shit. Maybe this will help. Probably not.

>>54833972

100% of your data

>>54833400
We need a new anti-botnet shark of freedom

>>54833972
Lets them spy on your communications at either end

Lets them have their own secure way to transmit messages without going through the ISP backbones. Also if they are doing a lot of data transfer it reduces some pressure on ISP channels.

>>54833400

>ISP Company lays trans-atlantic cable
This is fine. Everything is good! Obviously they're just expanding their business!
>Tech company lays trans-atlantic cable
ZOMFGDATAMINING KEEP OUTTA MUH LOLIPORNFACEBOOK FUCKINGM$ WHYWOULDTHEYALLOWTHIS?!?!?!?!

A) The majority of their business is internet based. Why on earth would they NOT invest in bringing faster and better connections to more places?
B) Even if it's just for their use, it's still going to alleviate massive issues of speed and performance for trans-Atlantic communication.
C) Most large companies are actually "based" out of Ireland because tax-evasion. This gets their "home-office" a faster connection to the rest of the company, too.

With continental drift and all, how does the cables deal with the, while stupidly slight, movement? Does a team on either side just add onto it or do the guys who lay it out have some excess to compensate?

>>54834313

They're not exactly taut at each end. Beyond that, the cables will fail for other reasons before continental drift snaps them. Some have been relaid for this reason.

http://www.submarinecablemap.com/

>>54834299
shadowbanned

>>54834313
American businessmen don't care about next week, why do you think they would care about the cable snapping in 120 years?

Also:>>54834414