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Greenland to get 24mb BB

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28-11-2005 6:21pm

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machalla

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/28/iceland_without_broadband/

The 57,000 inhabitants of the Arctic island will get fast ADSL2+ connections with speeds of up to 24 megabits per second by the end of the year. Tele Greenland just signed a deal with Siemens, who will deliver the infrastructure. Until recently, many Greenlanders relied on expensive and often awkward satellite links.

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#2 28-11-2005 6:56pm
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Very high population density has Greenland, very compact indeed. They all live in one skyscraper.

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#3 29-11-2005 2:49pm
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For me, the more shocking part of that article is the entire island of Iceland losing broadband for 3.5 hours due to the cable cut. The 17th time in 2 years it's been cut!

I suppose that's what comes with a single point of failure 1,400km long. No wonder they're losing hosted web services.

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