|
Google Part of Group Building Cable to Japan |
|
|
|
Written by Jared Maynard
|
|
Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
|
"Google is one of six companies in a new consortium called Unity that is building a new undersea cable to boost Internet capacity between the United States and Asia.
The fiber-optic cable will run between Chikura, off the coast of Tokyo, and Los Angeles. Construction of the cable is expected to cost US$300 million and will begin immediately, the companies said. It should be available for use in the first quarter of 2010.
Other companies involved include Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, KDDI, Pacnet and SingTel. The group plans to allow ownership and management of individual fiber pairs within the cable.
The cable is expected to increase Trans-Pacific capacity by about 20 percent, adding as much as 7.68T bits per second of bandwidth.
" ~pcworld.com
|
