I would think that IF there is a way to create cooperation between
islands, existing connections to some could be shared to all (or most)
on terrestrial wireless links. I have some experience with long
distance wireless links carrying IP and once the capitol cost is
absorbed, they are quite inexpensive to operate. Considering the cost
of a satellite or undersea cable - the ROI would be MUCH better. There
may be a big if however - I must admit I am quite naive when it comes
to the political situation among Pacific island governments. Is this
something that has been looked into and dismissed, or are projects
underway by chance? If not, what are the obstacles?<br>
~Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Franck Martin <<a href="mailto:franck@sopac.org" target="_blank">franck@sopac.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Joly,<br>
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The Kizuman sattellite does not reach us, as all the satellite with an
Asia-Pacific footprint. There are very little satellite available,
INTELSAT, PANAMSAT (INTELSAT) and NEWSKIES. There is a new satellite
for iInternet on trans-pacific flights and that's promising. But a
1Mb/s symetric link on these satellite is about USD7,000/month.<br>
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There is a project for a SPIN cable (cf press releases on
<a href="http://www.picisoc.org" target="_blank">www.picisoc.org</a>) to link countries from New Caledonia to Tahiti. I
understand the cost is 1MUSD per year for a 150Mb/s (I don't think you
need to pay any capital costs). This would put the 1Mb/s at
USD500/month. But 1MUSD a year is something big for some countries here.<br>
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I'm lucky in Fiji to have the SCCN, as the 1Mb/s is sold to us at
USD2000/month. And Internet is really picking up.<br>
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Cheers<div><div></div><div><br>
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WWWhatsup wrote:
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<pre>That's a really well written release Franck. Congratulations!<br><br>I particularly liked this quote:<br><br>Tonga's Edwin Liava'a said: "In spite of all the themes and topic covered during the conference, I believe these know-hows and new technologies will not be fully utilised unless there is Internet broadband connection available to all islands in the region. In my humble opinion, it is like us having the latest Mercedes Benz but the road is only a trail."<br>
<br>How are things going with this? Is it a matter of cable laying or are other solutions being considered/implemented.<br><br>Will that new Kizuna satellite reach you?<br><br>joly<br><br><br><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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