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The Economics of Submarine Cables | Lane Burdette
We're kicking off a brand new mini-series all about *submarine cables.*
To start off the series, we couldn't think of a better guest than Senior Research Analyst Lane Burdette, an expert (and nerd) when it comes to cables. She and host Greg Bryan discuss the economics of submarine cables.
The conversation covers:
A refresher on the cables themselves, and all of the components that go into building them and lighting them for data transmission service.
The costs of these elements and how to construct the costs of building a sub cable.
Who builds these cables and why, and then how cable builders…
The skinny
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