Google’s Pacific submarine cable "Unity" nearly complete— 7.68 Terabits/s for growing Asian market
— $300 million cost (from consortium of six companies)
— 10,000 km length (Chikura in Japan to Los Angeles)
— Increases capacity across Pacific by 20 percent
— Dense Wavelength Division …2010-03-22T13:28:00Z20100322132800TechBlogGoogle, Newspostsposts
— 7.68 Terabits/s for growing Asian market — $300 million cost (from consortium of six companies) — 10,000 km length (Chikura in Japan to Los Angeles) — Increases capacity across Pacific by 20 percent — Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing technology (960Gbps per fibre-optic pair with a maximum of eight fiber pairs) — construction time: two years
Omid Farhang