What is FASTER? Just a super speedy undersea internet cable
Have a need for speed? Then you're in luck.
Google, along with five other companies, is hitting the on switch for its trans-Pacific internet cable today. The creatively name FASTER is, not surprisingly, really fast.
Connecting the west coast of the U.S. with the east coast of Japan, FASTER will provide an internet boost for those areas, but the rest of us won't see much of a difference. For the time being, at least. There is more to come.
In IT Blogwatch, we put the pedal to the metal.
So what is FASTER? More speed, naturally. Stephanie Condon gives us the background:
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