[AusNOG] News: Minister Conroy contemplating Government-Funded undersea cable?

[Mark Newton]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:06:51AM +0800, Damian Guppy wrote:

 > Is it just me or does $250m for a complete AU to US sub sea link seem a
 > little low?

Pipe told the ASX that they spent $200m on PPC-1:
http://www.pipenetworks.com/docs/media/ASX%2009_03_24%20PPC-1%20Presentation.pdf

So whether $250m is enough to reach the USA might depend on which
bit of the USA he has in mind.  Guam is US territory :-)


  - mark