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'96 article by Neal Stephenson. This should be interesting after just reading Cryptonomicon which has a good bit on under-sea fiber.

If I recall correctly it was written as part of his research for Cryptonomicon.

Great find! Not just for the article, but for the idea of 'hacker tourism.' Is that an established thing/industry/practice? [...] A bit of googling turned up this thread, which looks useful for ideas an inspiration:

http://www.nyx.net/~drwalker/travel.html

I read this when it came out. I still think it is one of the best articles I've ever read, on ANYTHING. :)

Is that basically a real-life Cryptonomicon?

Best. Wired. Article. Ever.