Tat-8

• The world’s first transatlantic fiber-optic cable is being ripped up after 37 years on the sea floor - TAT-8 to be removed after entering service in 1988, broke in 2002 Launched

• While you may have never heard of TAT-8, there is a good chance you sent some data through it. • TAT-8 was the 8th transatlantic communications cable and the first transatlantic