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In our "wireless" world it is easy to take the importance of the undersea cable systems for granted, but the stakes of their successful operation are huge, as they are responsible for carrying almost all transoceanic Internet traffic. In The Undersea Network Nicole Starosielski follows the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Starosielski, Nicole, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Media Studies.
Undervattenskablar.
Telekablar.
Câbles sous-marins > Pacifique (ocean).
Câbles de telecommunications > Pacifique (ocean).
Communication, International.
Telecommunication cables.
Telecommunication lines.
Fiber optic cables.
Cables, Submarine.
Anthropogeografie
Infrastruktur
Telekommunikationsnetz
Seekabel
Meer
Communication internationale.
Câbles de telecommunications.
Lignes de transmission (Telecommunications)
Câbles à fibres optiques.
Câbles sous-marins.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Circuitous routes: from topology to topography
  • Short-circuiting discursive infrastructure: from connection to transmission
  • Gateway: from cable colony to network operations center
  • Pressure point: turbulent ecologies of the cable landing
  • A network of islands: interconnecting the Pacific
  • Cabled depths: the aquatic afterlives of signal traffic
  • Surfacing.

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