The web beneath our waves - undersea cables book
I just realised that this book my old friend Samanth Subramanian was working on came out last year. Been a long time since the last book I heard of on this subject. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/power-hangs-by-a-literal-thread/ --srs
It looks terrific! I just ordered the paper bag from Amazon. I wanted to get the Kindle version, but curiously it said “this version is not available in your country“. Any reason why that would be? -mel via cell
On Jan 20, 2026, at 3:54 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
I just realised that this book my old friend Samanth Subramanian was working on came out last year. Been a long time since the last book I heard of on this subject.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/power-hangs-by-a-literal-thread/
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Damned if I know. I can ask Samanth about it and he can ask his publisher to get things moving. From: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> Date: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at 8:31 PM To: nanog@lists.nanog.org <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com>, Christopher E. Brown via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Subject: Re: The web beneath our waves - undersea cables book It looks terrific! I just ordered the paper bag from Amazon. I wanted to get the Kindle version, but curiously it said “this version is not available in your country“. Any reason why that would be? -mel via cell
On Jan 20, 2026, at 3:54 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
I just realised that this book my old friend Samanth Subramanian was working on came out last year. Been a long time since the last book I heard of on this subject.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/power-hangs-by-a-literal-thread/
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If you could, that would be terrific. I’d love to have the Kindle edition as well, and I am happy to pay for it. -mel On Jan 20, 2026, at 7:34 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote: Damned if I know. I can ask Samanth about it and he can ask his publisher to get things moving. From: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> Date: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at 8:31 PM To: nanog@lists.nanog.org <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com>, Christopher E. Brown via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Subject: Re: The web beneath our waves - undersea cables book It looks terrific! I just ordered the paper bag from Amazon. I wanted to get the Kindle version, but curiously it said “this version is not available in your country“. Any reason why that would be? -mel via cell
On Jan 20, 2026, at 3:54 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
I just realised that this book my old friend Samanth Subramanian was working on came out last year. Been a long time since the last book I heard of on this subject.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/power-hangs-by-a-literal-thread/
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Availability in the UK seems limited too. No Kindle edition and the paperback is only from third party sellers from what I can see (which makes me think they're imports). A On 20/01/2026 15:55, Mel Beckman via NANOG wrote:
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If you could, that would be terrific. I’d love to have the Kindle edition as well, and I am happy to pay for it.
-mel
On Jan 20, 2026, at 7:34 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
Damned if I know. I can ask Samanth about it and he can ask his publisher to get things moving.
From: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> Date: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at 8:31 PM To: nanog@lists.nanog.org <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com>, Christopher E. Brown via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Subject: Re: The web beneath our waves - undersea cables book
It looks terrific! I just ordered the paper bag from Amazon. I wanted to get the Kindle version, but curiously it said “this version is not available in your country“. Any reason why that would be?
-mel via cell
On Jan 20, 2026, at 3:54 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
I just realised that this book my old friend Samanth Subramanian was working on came out last year. Been a long time since the last book I heard of on this subject.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/power-hangs-by-a-literal-thread/
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It is a very new release, fag end of last year. I suppose it’s all being rolled out and takes some time to get everything on Amazon. He has Columbia as a publisher so I would guess they’ll eventually make it available worldwide. From: Alec Edworthy via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Date: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at 9:32 PM To: nanog@lists.nanog.org <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: Alec Edworthy <A.Edworthy@lboro.ac.uk> Subject: Re: The web beneath our waves - undersea cables book Availability in the UK seems limited too. No Kindle edition and the paperback is only from third party sellers from what I can see (which makes me think they're imports). A On 20/01/2026 15:55, Mel Beckman via NANOG wrote:
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If you could, that would be terrific. I’d love to have the Kindle edition as well, and I am happy to pay for it.
-mel
On Jan 20, 2026, at 7:34 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
Damned if I know. I can ask Samanth about it and he can ask his publisher to get things moving.
From: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> Date: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at 8:31 PM To: nanog@lists.nanog.org <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Cc: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com>, Christopher E. Brown via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> Subject: Re: The web beneath our waves - undersea cables book
It looks terrific! I just ordered the paper bag from Amazon. I wanted to get the Kindle version, but curiously it said “this version is not available in your country“. Any reason why that would be?
-mel via cell
On Jan 20, 2026, at 3:54 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
I just realised that this book my old friend Samanth Subramanian was working on came out last year. Been a long time since the last book I heard of on this subject.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/power-hangs-by-a-literal-thread/
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It appears that Suresh Ramasubramanian via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> said:
It is a very new release, fag end of last year. I suppose it’s all being rolled out and takes some time to get everything on Amazon.
He has Columbia as a publisher so I would guess they’ll eventually make it available worldwide.
It's a nice little book, lots of interesting stories. It's published by Columbia Global Reports which is a series of small topical books. It is not Columbia University Press and their distribution is spotty because I think they mostly sell direct. I find them interesting enough that I have an annual subscription so they send me the physical books in the mail. https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-web-beneath-the-waves I'm in the U.S. and Amazon says I can't get the Kindle edition either. There's a note on the Amazon page saying "Customers reported quality issues in this eBook. This eBook has: Typos, Poor Formatting . The publisher has been notified to correct these issues." I suspect they've withdrawn the ebook until they can fix it. The paper book is fine. R's, John
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:12 PM, John Levine <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
It appears that Suresh Ramasubramanian via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> said:
It is a very new release, fag end of last year. I suppose it’s all being rolled out and takes some time to get everything on Amazon.
He has Columbia as a publisher so I would guess they’ll eventually make it available worldwide.
It's a nice little book, lots of interesting stories.
It's published by Columbia Global Reports which is a series of small topical books. It is not Columbia University Press and their distribution is spotty because I think they mostly sell direct. I find them interesting enough that I have an annual subscription so they send me the physical books in the mail.
https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-web-beneath-the-waves
I'm in the U.S. and Amazon says I can't get the Kindle edition either.
This seems to have recently changed — I purchased this through the (USA) Kindle store last night, and have 4 upcoming ~16 hour flights, so should have plenty of time to catch up on reading… W There's a note on the Amazon page saying "Customers reported quality issues
in this eBook. This eBook has: Typos, Poor Formatting . The publisher has been notified to correct these issues."
I suspect they've withdrawn the ebook until they can fix it. The paper book is fine.
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