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Why are there so many cables to Alaska?
by grahammather 15y ago
Why are there so many cables to Alaska?
- ceejayoz 15y agoI'd imagine military installations play a role. Radars and monitoring stations, plus the military bases.
- dpcx 15y agoProbably something to do with the HAARP research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Frequency_Active_Auroral_R...
- apendleton 15y agoAlaska has the combination of having a lot of coastline (more than the contiguous US) and lots of cities that aren't easily accessible by land. Most of southeast Alaska's cities (including the capital) have no roads in or out at all, but are on the coast, so undersea cables are the only practical means of providing connectivity.