Re: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable

20 Feb 2013

      On 20/02/13 7:00 PM, "Kris Price"  wrote:
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On 20/02/2013 4:32 p.m., Michael NEWBERY wrote:
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On 19/02/13 1:29 PM, "Kris Price"  wrote:
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I'm curious about something though, maybe someone on the list can share
a bit of history. Is Tasman-2 still active in some capacity?
Tas-2 is still in operation, but it's essentially got a "do not revive"
on
it. That is, if it gets trawled up, the kraken strikes, or it just stops
working for whatever reason, no-one is going to despatch a ship to go
and
fix it. While it exists, it's worthwhile using it but that's all.
For the curious, can you give any details on its current capacity, has
it been through some upgrades over the years?
I don't know much detail. I gather (Wikipedia) it had an operational life
of 25 years (built in 1992) but was out of capacity within two years so
the 'upgrades' consisted of new cable systems. It's a 560Mbps (PDH, not
SDH/SONET) system.
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If dean starts pulling on it will no one really notice?
Not unless Dean is a lot stronger than I remember him. ("Dean crush puny
cable!")

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Michael Newbery                      IP Architect
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