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Re: connectivity outside the US
- From: Alex.Bligh
- Date: Sun Jun 01 13:43:35 1997
> $500M for building a 20G system trans-Atlantic ready foir service Dec 97
> with the next system scheduled for commissioning 12 months down the track
> risky?
AFAIK Gemini is a 48 pair fibre ring. Initially it will be run without
Wave Division Multiplexing, so using the most boring of boring kit that's
48 x 2.4Gb = 115Gb. However it's not too hard these days to get 4.8
Gb down a fibre without WDM, and WDM could give up to a 16x increase
(cable is built for WDM just no point deploying it initially). This
would give 7360Gb. Alledgedly technolody that supports this is "in the labs".
Alex Bligh
Xara Networks
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