Google’s Pacific submarine cable “Unity” nearly complete
- Friday, March 19, 2010, 13:09
- Threat Research
-- 7.68 Terabits/s for growing Asian market-- $300 million cost (from consortium of six companies)-- 10,000 km length (Chikura in Japan to Los Angeles)-- Increases capacity across Pacific by 20 percent-- Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing technology (960Gbps per fibre-optic pair with a maximum of eight fiber pairs)-- construction time: two yearsStory here.Tom Kelchner
Source: Sunbelt Blog