Meanwhile, also in Perth, I came across this very technical and slightly obscure article regarding a global communications cable. But note that it uses NextDC in Perth as a termination point. I have absolutely no idea what this means, but.....
10 Apr 2015
"The Government of Tasmania has hired WorleyParsons’ global advisory arm Advisian to assess whether or not the state should connect to *SubPartners*’ international submarine cable project*APX-Central*, which aims to link Perth and Sydney from Q3 2016. The consultancy firm will provide technical and commercial advice on SubPartners USD20 million offer for the state to tap into the APX-Central section of its global cable. SubPartners is currently in the process of deploying the APX-Central, APX-West and APX-East fibre-optic submarine cables. The 5,300km APX-Central cable will connect Perth and Sydney with additional spurs planned for Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart, while the 4,700km APX-West cable will link Perth to Changi North in Singapore, with planned branches to Jakarta (Indonesia) and Christmas Island (a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean). The two cables, which are scheduled to be ready for service (RFS) in 3Q16, have an initial design capacity of 32TBps over four pairs of fibre-optic strands and will land at NextDC’s Perth P1 data centre. Meanwhile, APX-East, which is likely to be RFS in the fourth quarter of 2017, will cover 12,500km between Sydney and Hermosa Beach in California, with branch connections to Auckland and Oauhu (Hawaii) as well as some of the Pacific islands. TeleGeography notes that the island state of Tasmania has three existing fibre connections to the mainland through Telstra-ownedBass Strait-1 and Bass Strait-2 and Basslink Telecom’s Basslink. The state has been studying options for a fourth connection since 2011, but ruled out a second Basslink-style cable due to cost considerations. SubPartners reportedly warned the Tasmanian government in 2014 that it would likely incur higher connection costs the longer it took to make a decision."
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