Google's giant new trans-Pacific internet cable goes online tomorrow

A new undersea internet cable funded in part by Google and connecting Japan with the US is slated to go online starting June 30th. The joint announcement, made today in a press release from NEC Corporation, says construction and testing on the trans-pacific cable, dubbed "Faster," was successfully completed and the system is now ready for service. The whole line runs 9,000 kilometers and stretches from Oregon to Chiba and Mie prefectures in Japan.
Read more: http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/29/12061910/google-faster-pacific-ocean-internet-cable-japan-nec-corp?source=Snapzu