Thread: How does the Internet connect between continents?

There are lots of cables running along the floor of the ocean for this purpose. There are also satellites orbiting the planet that relay signals over long distances.

How does the Internet connect between continents? For example, how does the UK retrieve data from America over the Internet.

Also, how about phone lines?

These days it is mostly fibre optic cable running under the oceans. for more details look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Cross_Cable

satellites