The CS Rene Descartes — a 470-foot French cable-laying ship — was visible from the shore of southern San Luis Obispo County on May 14, 2024, as it installed a fiber optic cable connecting ...

This technology was cutting-edge for its time! The HMTS Monarch, then the largest cable-laying ship in the world, took on the monumental task of laying these cables. Aboard the Monarch ...