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Google and Fb flip their backs on undersea cable to China

Google and Fb appear to have resigned themselves to shedding a part of the longest and very best profile web cable they've invested in up to now. In a submitting with the Federal Communications Fee final week, the 2 firms asked permission to turn on the Pacific Mild Cable Community (…
Google and Facebook seem to have resigned themselves to losing part of the longest and highest profile internet cable they have invested in to date. In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission last week, the two companies requested permission to activate the Pacific Light Cable Network (…

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Author: Danny Crichton

Danny Crichton is an investor at CRV and a former contributing writer at TechCrunch.

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