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Telstra Doubles Tasmania’s Undersea Internet Cable Speeds
Telstra has completed what it says is the first stage of a national upgrade to its backhaul transmission network, and Tasmania reaps the spoils — its two Bass Strait undersea cables have been doubled in capacity to 1 terabit per second. Telstra says that the new tech can handle 200,000 HD videos being streamed simultaneously.…
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Tasmania’s Power Shortage Reaches Crisis Levels
Up until recently, 30 percent of Tasmania’s power was coal generated — imported via the Basslink power and communications cable from the mainland — while 60 per cent came from the island’s hydro-electric dams and stations, and a final 10 per cent was from wind farms. But the Basslink cable broke in December, and dam…
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One Of Tasmania’s Major Undersea Internet Cables Will Be Cut For Over A Month
The major Basslink undersea power and communications cable that connects Tasmania to the Australian mainland will be cut until mid-March, while the company investigates and fixes a failure in its electricity transmission capacity. That’ll leave Tasmanians with severely reduced connectivity to the internet for nearly six weeks, although contingencies are in place.