Ross Pfeffer Director Asia Pacific

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Ross Pfeffer Director Asia Pacific

• Connecting
• the
• Pacific

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Southern Cross Network
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Propagation Delay
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Network Architecture
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the story so far

• 1997 - Vision
• Oct 1998 - Commitments
• Nov 2000 - Service

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the story so far

• A hybrid!
• 3 owners
• Fully Independent
• US1.3b cost

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Today Southern Cross is

• Operational
• Successful
• Stable
• Proven

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Capacity Products

• Unprotected
• Protected
• n-Drop Ring

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Rings
Protected
3 - Drop
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Commercial Options

• IRU
• Spread Payments
• Lease

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MIU Flexibility

• Assign / Reassign
• New Products
• Different Segments

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Our Customers

• Global and Regional Carriers
• Large ISPs
• Government / Education

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Future Network

• Committed
• April 2002
• San Jose
• Figure 8 (Stage 1)
• Early 2003
• 240 Gbit/s
• When required
• By 200?
• 480 Gbit/s

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The Southern Cross Way is

• to be the best

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The Southern Cross Way

• Independent
• Flexible
• Innovative
• Professional
• Stable
• Customer Commitment
• Customer Sat

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Southern Cross Focus

• Support the move to broadband
• Encourage development.
• The supplier of choice

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Interconnecting

• Silicon Valley, Seattle, Los Angeles Hawaii,
  Fiji, Sydney, Auckland
• Japan US Cable
• Australia Japan Cable
• Australia Singapore Cable

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Connecting the points

• Purpose Built for Internet
• Rock solid
• Customer driven
• A regional resource