Marine biologists at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University report the cable could cross deep water mud habitats.

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In 1995 the commission approved rules which required accounting separation between telecommunications services and cable operations to prevent illegal cross-subsidization of the new services.

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Louis the oomph to cross the Atlantic, introduced the first cable modems nearly two decades ago but pulled them when they proved to be ahead of their time.

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