The Internet Does Not Run Through Satellites

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]The internet does not run through satellites. [music] It runs through cables hidden under the ocean.

[00:00:05]More than 95% of the world's internet traffic travels through these underwater lines.

[00:00:11]Every message, [music] video call, bank transfer, and website depends on them.

[00:00:17]There are hundreds [music] of these cables stretching across the seafloor for thousands of kilometers.

[00:00:23]And if just [music] a few major ones were damaged, entire regions could lose access to the modern world.

[00:00:30]Modern civilization runs on infrastructure [music] most people never see.