Say goodbye to the undersea cable that made the global internet possible.
23 February 2026
History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fibre-optic cable from the ocean floor.
TAT-8—built by AT&T, British Telecom, and France Telecom—was the eighth transoceanic system across the Atlantic.
TAT-8—built by AT&T, British Telecom, and France Telecom—was the eighth transoceanic system across the Atlantic.