Re: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable

How are prices high when it costs the same to land data on SCCN NZ-US as it does AU-US and there is 3 cables going into AU?

NZ is a small population with a low wage economy spread across a very mountainous geography that the vast majority of people only use less

Or do people only use less than 30gb of data because they are caped to or around this level... and are constantly monitoring their usage so as to not go over.. due to the low wage economy not being able to afford anymore.. We cant fix the mountainous geography - But then nor can Norway, South American countries or Sweden just to name a few... And yes their populations are larger I accept that, but then many South American countries could be considered a low wage economy as well.. On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:16:24 +1300, Peter Lambrechtsen wrote: than

30gb of data....

Fix those issues and we will all have cheaper internet.

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----- Reply message ----- From: "Chris Hodgetts" To: "nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz" Subject: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2013 11:15 pm

Yes - more cables does equal good...

However, given the three Telco's involved... does it still mean high prices?

On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:32:43 +0000, Christian Nielsen wrote:

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More Cables = Good.

This is a pretty good site. Still shows Tasman-2. http://submarinecablemap.com/

Christian

-----Original Message----- From: nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Kris Price Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 4:29 PM To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: [nznog] New Trans-Tasman submarine cable

Oh, looky, a new cable:

http://www.telecom-media.co.nz/releases_detail.asp?id=3880&page=index

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?

I had always assumed it was shutdown after southern cross was built, but it's still shown often on cable maps such as the one in that press release:

http://twitpic.com/c4wu2k

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