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[โ€“] Phrodo_00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What? The early Internet underseas cables were laid down for phones, mostly by private companies.

Fair point, the majority was laid by private companies, but the research for modern fiber optic cables was done at publicly funded universities.