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An Undersea Cable Could Fill In the Gaps on Fiber-Optic Maps

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For comparison, Google’s Durant , from Virginia to France, has a record-holding capacity of 250 terabits per second.) A few cables connect Indian Ocean islands—such as Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, and the Seychelles—to the African mainland. Google’s Equiano runs from Portugal down Africa’s west coast, landing at Lagos and Cape Town.