1Ross Pfeffer – Director Asia Pacific

Connecting the

Pacific

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Southern Cross Network

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Propagation Delay

Path Shortest (Kilom) Delay (msec)Aus - US 14,031 70.2Aus - Haw 9,360 46.8Haw - US 4,671 23.4

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Network Architecture

L 1 L 2 L 3

L 8 L 9 L 7

L 4

L6H

L 5

L6N

Australia (AU)Nedonna

(NED)Hillsboro

(HIL)Kahe Point

(KAH)

Spencer Beach(SPE)

Morro Bay(MOR)

Takapuna(TAK)

Whenuapai(WHE)

Alexandria(ALX)

Brookvale(BRO)

Suva(SUV)

Segment G23,543Km

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t H31

Km

Segment B15Km

Segment G15,828Km

Segment F2133Km

Segment A2,276Km

Segment C8,002Km

Segment D4,135Km

Segment F14,538Km

Segment E1,593Km

New Zealand (NZ)

Hawaii (HW) USA Mainland (US)Fiji (FJ)

Cable Station With SLTE Only

Cable Station With Network Access Point

Submarine Segments (# of Fibre Pairs)

Terrestrial Segments

Seg

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t I45

8Km

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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• US$1.3b 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 ISP’s• Government / Education

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Future Network

• Committed1. April 2002

1. San Jose2. Figure 8 (Stage 1)

2. Early 20031. 240 Gbit/s

• When required1. By 200?

1. 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