Internet Vs Ocean: the essential wires we never think about

Small correction. The “America to America” example cable mentioned at 7:34 doesn’t exist because it’s cheaper or faster to send data from Texas to Mississippi with an undersea cable. This cable is called the “Gulf of Mexico Fiber Optic Network” and it exists to provide internet to offshore drilling rigs along the path of the cable. Because of this, it’s probably one of the more interesting cables on the map! Sometimes it’s about the journey, not the destination.

A "human garden hose" implies Jay is aware of garden hoses made by other species.

When describing the distance between the UK and the USA and how long the first transatlantic telegraph cable needed to be, at 3:33 Jay says the word "very" 8 times (the subtitles say it 10 times). Then, at 3:46, Cyrus figured out that he needs to repeat the word "very" 7 times (the subs again say something different, this time going for 9). Afterwards it's back to Jay, who says "very" 9 times (the subtitles go for 12 for some reason). According to Wikipedia, the length of the cable was 2,500 nautical miles. Therefore, one "very" in the Map Men universe equals between 277.77 nautical miles (319.65 regular ol' miles) and 357.14 nautical miles (410.98 miles).

8:44 I appreciate that the list of 'pink suit cases, teddy bears, funny hats or basket balls' are all things in the shop window behind him

Honestly didn’t realise how much I loved Map Men, until the time between episodes seemed so long Edit: Hello Chris

Was the falling globe thing improvised? Because it was perfect.

Thanks Map Men,fibre optic engineer checking in :) If you’d like to see a map of your local network let me know, it’s not as boring as you might think!

i love how all of your videos feel like they were made 6 years ago. they're great

Can't believe Samuel Morse named himself after the Morse code and took all the credit. Surprised there's been no backlash against Dave Internet yet.

If I could do what Jay does when those globes fall off the wall, my entire life would have played out differently.

For those curious the Morse code at 2:48 says VRI- -bk adec. The - is for a letter that doesn’t exist.

@7:47 - LOVE how you have James Cordon going from the UK to America and then back to the UK.

The fact the entire internet has been through a layer of Vaseline actually explains quite a bit of the modern world.

Once upon a time, the Phoenicians invented letters. It was the beginning of the internet.

Love these videos. Binged all of "Unfinished London" before my first ever trip to the capital a few weeks ago. Second day there, walking to Piccadilly via Regent Street, and I see the man himself in his impecable suit rushing towards Soho. It made my trip even if I could not stop you for a photo, Jay!

I absolutely love the bit at 1:36 with the olden version of Google Maps. This kind of unnecessary and funny attention to detail is exactly why everyone loves to watch this channel. Thanks Jay!

as a radio host who struggles to fight through a monologue when something funny happens, I have the deepest respect for you both managing to hold your composure when the globes fell 😂

0:41 That slight quiver makes me think the globes falling was not scripted.

One of the most endearing and wholesome lessons about this whole series/channel is how clumsy humam development has been. It's easy to take history for granted as monolithic and inerrant but it's not. If anything, it's monolithic in its disarray.

The writing for Map Men is always top notch. I don't think I've ever heard a more strange, yet so perfectly fitting, sign-off than "it's been through a layer of vaseline."