Trans-Atlantic

Dad and Sam were talking about trans-Atlantic communication. Sam pointed out that technically you could also call it trans-Pacific. Dad noted that for phone and internet, it is actually trans-Atlantic because the wires run across the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. Sam thought it was pretty funny that Dad thought there were wires running along the entire bottom of the Atlantic ocean. It is kind of embarrassing if you think about it – one would hope that by 2016 we’d have figured out a better way. In the meantime, Sam will only believe in the existence of those cables when he sees them for himself.