Facebook building a 23,000-mile-long undersea cable to bring high speed internet to 23 poorly served countries
The social media giant aims to increase internet access in Africa with new cable. The 23,000-mile cable will circle the continent and triple its network capacity. It will reportedly cost $1billion, though Facebook hasn't confirmed a final figure.
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