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  • Basslink goes live; Aurora, Internode online

    The fibre-optic Basslink cable linking Tasmania to the mainland has officially gone live, with two customers, Aurora and Internode, hooked up to receive transmissions.

  • Basslink partially operational

    After years of delay, Basslink said today that it had made its first connection over the new fibre-optic cable between Tasmania and the mainland a few days ago.

  • Basslink defends speed of progress

    Fledgling telco Basslink Telecoms has defended the speed at which it is working to get the Melbourne to Hobart fibre-optic cable up and running, saying it was slated to be operational by April at the latest.

  • Ericsson gear to light up Basslink cable

    Basslink has chosen Swedish networking giant Ericsson as its vendor partner to light up the Basslink cable, which is slated to bring 40Gbps worth of internet capacity to the Apple Isle sometime in early 2009.

  • ISPs cautiously re-commit to Tasmania

    Large internet service providers Internode and Netspace yesterday committed to ramp up offerings in Tasmania as soon as the Basslink fibre cable was switched on. But doubts remain about how likely this is to actually happen.

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