[AusNOG] ASC sub cable news

[Joel Nath]

I think I read somewhere subpartners  was building a Syd-Perth link also ?

J
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> On 1 Apr 2016, at 1:42 pm, Mark Delany <g2x at juliet.emu.st> wrote:
> 
>> On 01Apr16, Dino Sosic allegedly wrote:
>> Seems like there might be bright light at the end of this tunnel:
>> 
>> http://www.itnews.com.au/news/australia-to-get-long-awaited-perth-to-singapore-subsea-cable-417567
> 
> Definitely good news that there will be a new cable from SIN to PER.
> 
> Two questions that spring to mind are:
> 
> 1. Given it's a consortium of largely Optus and Telstra, are they
>   consuming all capacity for reselling and thus there will be no
>   access to direct waves?
> 
> 2. I was under the impression that the backhaul from Perth to the east
>   coast was pretty much dominated by Telstra/Optus. That means that
>   even if you buy into SIN->PER at a good price you'll still have
>   disproportionate backhaul costs to the rest of Australia.
> 
> My point being that I wonder whether this is of much value to anyone
> bar the incumbents?
> 
> 
> Mark.
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