[Chapter-delegates] Internet Pioneer urges Pacific Islanders to face Internet Challenges at PacINET 2008

[Franck Martin]

Joly,

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.

There is a project for a SPIN cable (cf press releases on
www.picisoc.org) 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.

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.

Cheers

WWWhatsup wrote:
>> <http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=70>http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=70
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> That's a really well written release Franck. Congratulations!
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> I particularly liked this quote:
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> 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."
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> How are things going with this? Is it a matter of cable laying or are other solutions being considered/implemented.
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> Will that new Kizuna satellite reach you?
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> joly
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