| 1 | But, investments in undersea cable links are not without risk. | |
| 2 | No carrier will reveal how much of their backhaul is actually fiber for competitive reasons. | |
| 3 | This means the cable could drive a high-definition display or transfer a movie in seconds. | |
| 4 | This was prompted by the (failed) attempt by a shadowy Chinese company to take over a Dutch maker of fibre-optic cables. | |
| 5 | The cable will provide much-needed capacity to sustain unprecedented growth in data and Internet traffic between Asia and the United States. |