Educational Technology

December 20, 2015

The Deepest Internet Connection on the Planet

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:34 am

By David Raths, Campus Technology

Do you think you have networking issues extending WiFi to remote parts of your campus? Try extending electric power and Internet service to the ocean floor three miles below the surface — the deepest Internet connection on the planet. That is the challenge the University of Hawaii had to overcome to support scientists doing sustained real-time observations in the deep ocean. Located 60 nautical miles north of the island of Oahu, the ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO) is the site of the long-term Hawaii Ocean Time-series open ocean measurement program, visited by research vessels 10 to 12 times each year since October 1988. Researchers use it to study ocean currents, salinity, plant and animal life, and geology.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/12/10/the-deepest-internet-connection-on-the-planet.aspx

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