How The Internet Travels Under Sea. No matter where you are located, almost all of your internet data is transmitted through a hidden network of undersea cables. In fact, 97% of all internet traffic runs through this hidden infrastructure of thousands of miles of fiber optic cables that zigzag our ocean floors.

With our dependence on the internet increasing by the day, modern life is totally reliant on these subaquatic wires. But how do they work, and what is the future of internet communications? Also, how is it possible that your internet connection is mostly always there don't these cables get destroyed by ships and sharks?