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Regarding the internet undersea cables - only hard work because:

- cable installation is slow, tedious, expensive work

- sharks are trying to eat the internet

- the internet is as vulnerable underwater as it is underground

- spies love underwater cables

- governments are turning to submarine cables to avoid said spies

- underwater cables are not easy to repair, but after 150 years, we've learned a trick or two

- the internet's undersea backbone is built to last for 25 years.