Every time you visit a web page or send an email, data is being sent and received through an intricate cable system that ... of thousands of miles of fiber optic cables constantly transmitting ...

Some 870,000 miles of cable connect individuals ... France and Spain. The map also puts into perspective just how fragile the interconnected world is and how concerning fears of sabotage are.

The project – the first of its kind in the world – will lay a backbone fiber-optic cable between Europe and Asia, through Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea, creating a digital telecommunications ...