Mandatory Neal Stephenson article in Wired on subsea cables [0], as previously discussed [1]. Also now available in the original magazine thanks to Archive.org [2].

[0] https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30342302

[2] https://archive.org/details/wired-magazine-04.12-1996-decemb...