Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
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Re: Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
#2I wonder what the difference is in the technology of the 3.3TB/s cable and the 60TB/c cable, just strands? (approx 20 more?)
Re: Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
#3(USA) Just wanted to point out that "BTW" is most commonly expected to be an acronym for "by the way" whereas the shorthand for "between" is typically written "b/w"
edit: title has been fixed! :)
Re: Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
#4That seems really cheap for such a crucial piece of infrastructure that has to wrap a quarter of the way around the earth
Re: Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
#5(USA) Just wanted to point out that "BTW" is most commonly expected to be an acronym for "by the way" whereas the shorthand for "between" is typically written "b/w" edit: title has been fixed! :)
Ugh. I don't know how we missed that. (Edit: fixed.)
Re: Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
#6That seems really cheap for such a crucial piece of infrastructure that has to wrap a quarter of the way around the earth
If you read the article you would see that they are one of a number of partners. The project costs several billion US$. By 'buying in' like this you are given a dedicated portion of the bandwidth to use.
Re: Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
#7That seems really cheap for such a crucial piece of infrastructure that has to wrap a quarter of the way around the earth
It does, especially in comparison to the other number referenced in the article. Running a cable from Singapore to Japan cost $400mm, but running one from America to Japan costs $300mm?
Re: Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
#8That seems really cheap for such a crucial piece of infrastructure that has to wrap a quarter of the way around the earth
If you read the article you would see that they are one of a number of partners. The project costs several billion US$. By 'buying in' like this you are given a dedicated portion of the bandwidth to use.
The NEC press release says the total amount of investment across six different companies is approximately $300mm
Re: Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
#9That seems really cheap for such a crucial piece of infrastructure that has to wrap a quarter of the way around the earth
It does, especially in comparison to the other number referenced in the article. Running a cable from Singapore to Japan cost $400mm, but running one from America to Japan costs $300mm?
The Southeast Asia-Japan cable links 8 countries, not just Singapore to Japan, and is nearly as long, with options to extend the total span to longer than the Japan-US cable.
Re: Google Invests in $300M Submarine Cable to Improve Connection Between Japan, US
#10I say this without any knowledge of the profitability of such a venture, and as someone who does not live in Australia but who is familiar with the running joke that they have poor Internet:
How about run a new cable, or two, to Australia?