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Thursday 9 January 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in National

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3600km across the ocean to a quiet Rarotonga beach
(From left to right) Lightweight cable for deep water (19mm); double steel armoured cable for inshore/lagoon (30mm). 20010817.

Cook Islands is now hooked up to the world through a 3600km undersea cable just 19mm thick – barely the breadth of an adult’s thumb.

Cook Islands is now hooked up to the world through a 3600km undersea cable just 19mm thick – barely the breadth of an adult’s thumb.


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