Facebook and Microsoft are working together to lay submarine cable on the Atlantic end of main. Underwater cable measuring 6,600 kilometers, stretching from Virginia to Spain Bilbao. It will carry an estimated 160 Terabits per second, millions of times faster than typical home Internet connection data. It will have a high-capacity submarine cable across the Atlantic Ocean, from Facebook's release. Work on the project is expected to begin in August, to be completed by October 2017. A spokeswoman declined to comment on how much the project will cost Facebook.
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Facebook and Microsoft said that the trans-Atlantic cable, named "Marea" will say they support "the explosion of data consumption. "And quickly grow into their own cloud computing and online services, cable management, and Alexius, telecommunication infrastructure company formed in February by Spain, Spain privatize formerly State-owned telephone company in 1997.
In August 2014, Google reached an agreement with five Asian telecommunication company "faster," the laying of submarine cables, from the United States to Japan. The purpose of this cable is Terabits per second 60 at an estimated cost of $ 300 million of the data. Later that year, Google formed another partnership to create $ 60 million undersea cables from Florida to Brazil.
Najam Ahmad, network engineering, Facebook's Vice President told online to avoid the consortium model should be the project moving along faster, and give Facebook more control over the cable end use. Ahmed said Malta will provide a more efficient route, not only for Europe but also for Africa, the Middle East, and Asia--Facebook is building its presence in all regions.
