[AusNOG] ASC sub cable news

[Quentin Rittman]

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On 1/04/2016, 3:01 PM, "AusNOG on behalf of Joel Nath" <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net on behalf of joel at zonenetworks.com.au> wrote:

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