TGN - Intra Asia Launched

It has been a while since the last PTC meeting, where some Tata people said that the TGN-IA will be launched in a matter of weeks. Yes, sure, what's the problem? we can convert every time measure in "weeks" :-D ... More importantly, it has indeed been launched: "... announced that they have completed the installation, testing and commissioning of the TGN-Intra Asia (TGN-IA) Cable System. Arriving at the conclusion of a comprehensive test program, which verified compliance with all transmission requirements, the companies have completed the final step in achieving regional and global connectivity in Southeast Asia for the TGN".

Excelcomindo - Infrastructure + Some Numbers

The number of XL's BTSs and its distribution can be seen below (as of end 2008).

Telegeography's Sample : IP VPN Prices

This time, Buenos Aires is highlighted. The prices in southern America usually belong to the "upperbounds", or at least positioned near these bounds :-D .. Not agree?

IP Virtual Private Networks (IP VPN), private lines (IPL), and dedicated internet access (DIA) have become crucial components of corporate wide area networks (WANs) and of telecommunications companies' product portfolios. However, WAN prices vary dramatically by service provider, by class of service, by location, and by technology.

SCCN : Prices & Capacity

Just know that Southern Cross (SCCN) has offered volume-based connection pricing :-D

the new Southern Cross price for 5 Gbps of restored capacity represents around US$0.28 per GigaByte downloaded from the US. This has reduced by 86%, from US$ 1.95 per GigaByte, in December 2003

ROV Operation

Special thanks to Stuart Wilson for confirming that the first videos I mentioned in this and this post are from GMSL.

The following YouTube animation video is also from GMSL, showing a ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) in operation.

Submarine Cable Protection

The following YouTube video shows a way to protect submarine (telecommunication) cable. Anybody knows source of this video?

Cable Breaks - Again Around Taiwan

Since several days, some media have reported this issue. Some media have pointed to the Typhoon Morakot as the possible cause. Others (as cited by Commsday) mentioned a possibly undetected underwater earthquake. In common, seems they agree that the sources of these multiple cuts shall be something related to the natural happening. Which cable is impacted?

• SMW3
• EAC S2A1 (detected on 06/August); D (08/August); C (9/August)
• APCN2 S7 HK-TW? (09/August)
• APCN2 S1 SG-MY? (19/August)
• APCN (?)
• FNAL (HK-TW)

10 Gig-E IP Transit Prices

Firstly, I want to quote this : "Tata Communications says that its recently launched 10 Gig-E service now offers large capacity users a saving of up to 60% per megabit of traffic when compared to traditional Gigabit Ethernet services" (Commsday). Now, we might want to ask ourselves, without having to call any sales personal, how much does it actually cost? Price is something strongly not linear :-D .. it depends on this, that, these, and those. And often such factors can not be explained easily (if not at all :-D). Na Und? just want to know how much! :-D ... okay, look at the table below, it's a very simple model.

Submarine Cable Laying

If some days ago I mentioned two videos illustrating submarine cable repair/maintenance, this time I would refer to two other videos showing a basic scheme for submarine cable laying. As before, the first video is 3D (from GMSL??) while the second one is in the ASN fashion.. :-D