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To the data centre propeller heads this may seem like a hugh feat. There was probably a sound and justifiable reason for spending under $1M to gain 400 metres on someone else but from the perspective of the average network dude that read the Slashdot article, I'm thinking it's going to get the absolute piss pulled out of it.<BR>
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I probably won't be getting a job with a service provider anythine soon ;-)<BR>
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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:39:07 +1000<BR>From: gary.buckmaster@digitalpacific.com.au<BR>To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<BR>Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Vocus Harbour Crossing<BR><BR>
<DIV class=ecxmoz-cite-prefix>Apparently Vocus has been slashdotted:<BR><BR><A class=ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/06/15/0139255/aussie-telco-lays-new-fiber-for-microsecond-trading-boost" target=_blank>http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/06/15/0139255/aussie-telco-lays-new-fiber-for-microsecond-trading-boost</A><BR><BR>On 6/14/2012 3:39 PM, Darren Ward (darrward) wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I do wonder, let’s see which of the major print/radio/television/online media pick up on this – and whether they accurately report the impact</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Yes it is VERY cool, yes it is extremely relevant to discussions on direct low latency for high speed capacity - but as we saw with IPv6 Day the relevance and impact the efforts we all go to often don’t get the attention in the wider community it deserves</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Of course I put itNews as an obvious exception on reporting accuracy on this one ;)</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">But to back up everyone else’s comments, congrats to the Vocus team!</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal>Kudos to Vocus for laying cable.</P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal>On 14/06/2012, at 2:53 PM, Bevan Slattery wrote:</P></DIV>
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