Bandwidth is the oxygen that feeds the internet, and the undersea cable network provides bandwidth across the world's oceans. Join Richard Campbell as he explores the evolution of undersea cabling, culminating in today's fiber optic cable connections that span thousands of kilometers. How the cables are made, laid, damaged, and repaired is amazing—and essential to our modern world!
Architecture
The Undersea Cable Network
Undersea cables are crucial for global internet bandwidth. Their construction, maintenance, and impact are fascinating and vital.
Richard Campbell
Richard Campbell wrote his first line of code in 1977. His career has spanned the computing industry both on the hardware and software sides, development, and operations. He was a co-founder of Strangeloop Networks, acquired by Radware in 2013, and was on the board of directors of Telerik, which was acquired by Progress Software in 2014.
Today, he is a consultant and advisor to a number of successful technology firms and is the founder and chairman of Humanitarian Toolbox (www.htbox.org), a public charity that builds open-source software for disaster relief. Richard also hosts three podcasts: .NET Rocks! (www.dotnetrocks.com) for .NET developers, RunAs Radio (www.runasradio.com) for IT Professionals, and Windows Weekly (https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly).
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