<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Continuing on.</div><div><br></div><div>The tunnel would be a longer path from global switch once you have to traverse the CBD to get the the start point. </div><div><br></div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 14/06/2012, at 12:45 PM, Alex West <<a href="mailto:alex.west@vocus.com.au">alex.west@vocus.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Chris,</div><div><br></div><div>The network either side of the Harbour leaves and arrives at the same point along the , however the underwater section heads directly across the harbour and doesn't double back to get up onto the bridge.</div><div><br></div><div>Also it would be a very weak argument to say that the tunnel was </div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 14/06/2012, at 12:04 PM, Christopher Pilgrim <<a href="mailto:chris@pilgrim.net.au">chris@pilgrim.net.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Measuring the latency across the harbour is hardly relevant.<div><br></div><div>The lowest latency between the ASX at Gore Hill and major finance buildings (say 2 Chifley Sq, Governor Phillip Tower, AMP Building for example) will always be through the harbour tunnel, and you could even argue that the lowest latency from the ASX to Global Switch is still via the bridge by the time you take into account the network either side of the actual harbour crossing.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There is some demand for low latency circuits between ASX Gore Hill and Chi-X at Equinix SY1, but as Chi-X currently account for only 2-3% of trading volume in Australia (at the moment anyway) I'm not sure how much demand there will actually be.</div>
<div><br></div><div>That said, good work - can't wait to see the actual specs once it's connected up.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:57 AM, James Spenceley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@vocus.com.au" target="_blank">james@vocus.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Noggers,<div><br></div><div>As you may or may not be aware, Vocus is running a fibre cable (literally) across Sydney Harbour tomorrow. We are throwing an event at Ripples restaurant at Milson's point which will have a great view of the cable ship and divers as well as being about 20 meters from where the cable comes ashore. </div>
<div><br></div><div>We've got 5 spots for Noggers for the lunch, If you'd like to come first in best dressed with an email back to me :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>James</div>
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