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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Thanks Paul and everyone else for their suggestions and offers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">We’re pursuing a few options from people that have contacted me off-list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Jacob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> Paul Brooks [mailto:pbrooks@layer10.com.au]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 11 April 2014 4:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jacob Kino<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] SE Asia Connectivity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 11/04/2014 2:50 PM, Jacob Kino wrote:<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Hi All,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">We’ve got a finding clients are increasingly building presences in South-East Asia.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">We are looking for a cost effective and reliable way to deliver services including Ethernet and voice.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Countries of specific interest are Phillipines, Singapore and Vietnam.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Ideally we’d like to partner with one provider that can provide connectivity from multiple countries back to one of our PoPs in Australia, but we’re open to dealing with different
providers in each country if there’s reason to do so.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">I would say at this point we do not have the volume to justify building out overseas PoPs and purchasing international backhaul.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><br>
You could try the various global carriers - Orange Business Services, AT&T, BT, even Optus - I can help out with contacts for if you like. They won't be particularly cheap, but might give you a good comparison.<br>
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cheers.<br>
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<pre>Paul Brooks | Mob +61 414 366 605<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Layer 10 Advisory | Ph +61 2 9402 7355<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>Layer 10 - telecommunications strategy & network design<o:p></o:p></pre>
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