Meta unfurls Petal, a 1,000,000 Gbps internet cable 4,300 miles long — that's 3.3 million times quicker than the average US connection, and probably fast enough to transfer all original songs ever produced in less than a second

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By Efosa UdinmwenSep 25, 2026, 2:05 pm216 ptsTop
Meta's Petal cable will carry a petabit of data every single second The cable stretches roughly 7,000 kilometers between the United States and France Meta expects Petal to enter commercial service sometime in 2029 Meta has announced Petal, a subsea cable system built to carry a petabit of data every second…

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