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New fibre optic cable to provide Irish businesses with additional 7Tb/s capacity

  • 20-05-2011 3:15pm
    #1
    D'Peoples Voice
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    New fibre optic cable to provide Irish businesses with additional 7Tb/s capacity - not a bad idea, its initial construction cost will be quite low, but as for maintenance costs..........
    13 May 2011 – EirGrid, the Irish electricity system operator and developer, has entered into a licence arrangement with Geo Networks (Geo), a leading provider of fibre optic networks for heavy data users, to increase Ireland’s bandwidth capacity.
    EirGrid intends to licence capacity on the cable to Geo, allowing businesses, such as mobile operators and service providers, access to extensive UK and Irish fibre networks and an additional 7 Terabit (7000 Gigabits) data capacity.
    Geo is also developing a second fibre optic cable from Portmarnock in Dublin to Anglesey in Wales. The combination of two routes from a single supplier will provide a reliable, diverse route which exploits the newest fibre optic technology and a track record of the highest levels of service availability.
    The commercial fibre optic installation is being developed in conjunction with the €600 million East West Interconnector, a project which is being part financed by the European Union and is due for completion in September 2012.
    http://www.eirgrid.com/media/EIRGRID%20TO%20INCREASE%20HIGH%20SPEED%20INTERNET%20CAPACITY%20FOR%20IRELAND.pdf


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  • #2
    lucernarian
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    I figure that while this cable is useful and welcome, we have far greater capacity to the UK than perhaps mainland Europe directly or the Americas. Essentially, we rely heavily on routing data through the UK (i.e. London) for international traffic. More initiatives like http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com/ would be great.


    What issues are there in particular regarding the maintenance costs of fibre laid with the E-W interconnector, say compared to the other trans-Irish Sea cables? Redundancy aside of course!


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