Pipe Networks (Australia’s largest Internet Exchange) appears to be somewhat on track for a proposed submarine Cable link to Guam (U.S.), although progress has been subdued. Negotiations are still currently underway with many International parties in order to bring project ‘Runway’ into reality however the process might be significantly more complicated than first thought. Pipe’s quest to break the current duopoly on Internet Cable linkages in and out of Australia would be a welcome relief to Australian Internet subscribers. If the project was to go ahead, a third Cable link could witness data prices being reduced substantially by Q1 2009.
The company says it “continues to be actively engaged in negotiations…of contracts with domestic and international parties” and that until all such agreements are finalized it will not proceed with the project
Pipe announced in August that if Roject Runway were to go ahead, Tyco Telecommunications would build ad lay the cable system and had committed to a ready for service date of end of Q4 2008.
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