Transpacific Unity Fiber Optic Cable Leaves Japan 136
JoshuaInNippon writes "The 10,000 km (6,200 mile) long Unity fiber optic cable, funded by Google and five East Asian communication companies, left Japanese shores on November 1st to be laid along the northern Pacific Ocean floor. The Japanese end of the cable is expected to be fused to the American end sometime around November 11th. The cable, which was announced in February of 2008 at a cost of around $300 million USD, has the theoretical capacity of 7.68 Tbps, but will be set at a capacity of about 4.8 Tbps (supposedly equivalent to about 75 million simultaneous phone calls) during its initial use. When Unity begins full operation sometime early next year, it is projected to increase internet traffic capacity between the two regions by over 20%, a wonderful boost to transpacific relations!"
Yes! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yeah but (Score:5, Funny)
Or Godzilla decides he is hungry.
Dam (Score:5, Funny)
Even fiber optic cable is getting laid...
Faster Access To Hulu! (Score:5, Funny)
Sweet, this will give me faster access to Hulu, Slacker, and all of the nice American websites.
SHIT (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Faster Access To Hulu! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Yes! (Score:3, Funny)
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More fiber (Score:3, Funny)
Isn't that also what the bread companies keep trying to sell us?
Re:Obligatory Stephenson Wired article (Score:2, Funny)
But 56 pages, is there a diploma afterwards?
Re:Dam (Score:4, Funny)
Never mind. Your turn will come someday.
...IN SEA BED!
BitTorrent (Score:3, Funny)
And the cable will be full of BitTorrent traffic in 5..4..3...2.. There we go!
Upgrade time again!
Re:Yes! (Score:5, Funny)
That maybe fine for you, but here in Japan the Internet is basically one big LAN.
So basically we have so much of the stuff tentacles are poking out of our USB ports.
What that does mean for us, here in the land of Hello Kitty, is faster access to a range of porn featuring fewer celaphods and more girls with non-pixelized genitals.