Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 6 minutes ago
If you've ever called or e-mailed someone on another continent or browsed a foreign website, you probably didn't know that very long undersea cables are responsible for that. In fact, 95% of the Earth's communication comes from them. It's been more than 150 years since the first successful Transatlantic Cable was laid across the floor of the Atlantic from Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. The first communications occurred August 16, 1858, reducing the communication time between North America and Europe from ten days, the time it took to deliver a message by ship, to a matter of minutes.
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If you've ever called or e-mailed someone on another continent or browsed a foreign website, you probably didn't know that very long undersea cables are responsible for that. In fact, 95% of the Earth's communication comes from them. It's been more than 150 years since the first successful Transatlantic Cable was laid across the floor of the Atlantic from Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. The first communications occurred August 16, 1858, reducing the communication time between North America and Europe from ten days, the time it took to deliver a message by ship, to a matter of minutes.
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CBS This Morning YouTube Original Video Source - youtube.com/watch?v=QfpNpQMYp8M
