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First-Ever Fiber Optic Cable Between U.S. and India Via Brazil and South Africa

posted by martyb on Tuesday November 07 2017, @07:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the did-you-get-the-cable-I-sent-you? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The first-ever fiber optic cable with a route between the U.S. And India via Brazil and South Africa will soon be a reality. This is according to a joint provisioning agreement entered into by Seaborn Networks ("Seaborn") and IOX Cable Ltd ("IOX").

The cable is a "first" given its unique path connecting the U.S. with three BRICS countries.
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Seaborn is the developer-owner-operator of: Seabras-1, a direct subsea system between New York - São Paulo; ARBR, the only new direct subsea system planned to be built between Brazil - Argentina (RFS Q4 2018); and SABR, a new subsea system between Cape Town, South Africa and Seabras-1 (RFS 2019).

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday November 07 2017, @04:42PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 07 2017, @04:42PM (#593708) Journal
    It's weird that South Africa is included, but not much higher population countries like Indonesia, Nigeria, or Pakistan. At least Russia is the ninth most populous country (with the other three, Brazil, India, and China, being higher population than Russia).

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday November 07 2017, @05:18PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Tuesday November 07 2017, @05:18PM (#593727) Journal

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS_Cable [wikipedia.org]

    What is the capacity of this new cable?

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Tuesday November 07 2017, @05:28PM

      by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 07 2017, @05:28PM (#593732) Journal

      Fast enough that you can mis-understand the out-sourced help line person even quicker!

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