International Internet connections

World connections

Some parts of the world are not that well connected; Australia and South Africa to name a few.  And if a cable is damaged , this can cause severe congestion.

Australian undersea internet connetions at a point in time.

• Alcatel have a HUGE map showing the various undersea fibre optic cable connections between Australia and the rest of the world
• http://www.iscpc.org/ The international cable protection committee has a database of cables under the sea
• http://www.telegeography.com/products/map_internet/images/internet_map09_lg.gif
• http://www.tatacommunications.com/ has a nifty flash world map.

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