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Telecommunications How unlucky can you get? Optus loses both Sydney - Brisbane fibre links
Telecommunications How unlucky can you get? Optus loses both Sydney - Brisbane fibre links | How unlucky can you get? Optus loses both Sydney - Brisbane fibre links |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 15 July 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 The outage gave Pipe Networks an opportunity to push its case for a link into Brisbane from its $200m submarine cable from Sydney to Guam. The cable, PPC-1, is due for completion in June 2009 and will provide direct access to the US with onward capacity to Asia. A branching unit is to be installed for a link into Queensland, which, according to Pipe CEO Bevan Slattery, would ensure Pipe customers do not suffer from any future double failures. Featured Whitepaper
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He told iTWire that Pipe was not prepared to fund the cable in the hope of attracting customers down the track. "We run a very tight business case," and had approached the Queensland Government for funding, so far without success. He was hopeful that the Optus outage might change customer perceptions of the need for additional diversity. |
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