The wonderful world of telecommunications

[Jerrek]

I'm in the telco industry, and I love it. This kind of stuff fascinates me. Here are some very interesting pictures.


This is showing some of the submarine optical fiber cables of the world.
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/alcatel_large.gif


Global Communications Traffic Map:
http://www.telegeography.com/maps/traffic/images/tmap00.gif


Another world map:
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/teleglobe_large.gif


This is the COX network map:
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/cox_1678_large.jpg


Another bandwidth one:
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/telegeography_routes_large.gif


Broadband in the United States, by number of providers per area:
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/fcc_highspeed_large.gif


Wireless communication towers. Each blue dot represents a tower.
http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/tower_maps_large.gif


Last but not least, a very interesting way of representing bandwidth: