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New fibre-optic Asia link to raise internet speed 

by Lucy Battersby  May 11, 2011.
http://www.smh.com.au/business


A NEW super-fast fibre-optic cable linking Australia to south-east Asia 
will open within two years and will be 10 times faster than existing 
undersea cables, according to the new Leighton subsidiary Australia-
Singapore Cable. 

The link could lower costs and increase download speeds for Australian 
internet users as it will give wholesale providers an alternative route 
overseas - other than two ageing cables already running along the route.

Competition in overseas data carriage is already strong on the eastern 
seaboard. 

ASC's cable will run from Perth over Indonesia's Sunda Strait to 
Singapore. Construction is due to start early next year and the cable is 
expected to be operating in 2013. 

Alcatel-Lucent won a tender to construct and install the cable, which will 
be able to carry data at 16 terabits a second, or 6400 gigabits a second, 
compared with 480 gigabits a second on the existing cable built in 2000. 


http://www.smh.com.au/business/new-fibreoptic-asia-link-to-raise-internet-
speed-20110510-1eh96.html#ixzz1Lxvisgvs

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