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For those of you hunting to see the length of the cable like I was, it's 15,600 km long. I wish they'd provided a top-down view rather than a lateral view like

For those of you hunting to see the length of the cable like I was, it's 15,600 km long. I wish they'd provided a top-down view rather than a lateral view like they did, since that would make more sense and have the image look shorter. Anyway... I wonder if this will have a positive impact on the arctic communities that the cable goes through. Is there any history on technological booms and hubs appearing in places where a new cable went through previously low-occupancy areas?

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hueving 12y ago
Doubtful. There are lots of cables on the northern tier between Seattle and the Chicago area that go through rural areas in the Dakotas, Montana, etc and Internet speeds are still not great there. Terminating a strand in one of these requires active investment so there needs to be a good ROI to do so.
- minot 12y ago
  (Just a customer, not affiliated to SRT) We are starting to get fiber to the premises in Minot, North Dakota. It is not a blanket deployment as far as I know but it is happening... albeit slowly. I believe there is a lighted line from here to Bismark if anyone was interested.
grecy 12y ago
I work for the incumbent Telco in some of those Canadian arctic communities. The price of their broadband is about to go down by at least an order of magnitude. Speeds will also increase dramatically.
- bch 12y ago
  'grecy -- Bell? Let's hope the costs are driven down. I recall (as a former Whitehorse, YT resident) seeing proposals (but not as big as this articles) come and go, with no positive impact on consumers.
  - grecy 12y ago
    The wholly owned subsidiary of Bell, yes. It's looking more likely that the Yukon Government will run their own fiber from Whitehorse->Skagway to tap into the fiber backbone there, cutting out Northwestel.

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For those of you hunting to see the length of the cable like I was, it's 15,600 km long. I wish they'd provided a top-down view rather than a lateral view like

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hueving 12y ago
Doubtful. There are lots of cables on the northern tier between Seattle and the Chicago area that go through rural areas in the Dakotas, Montana, etc and Internet speeds are still not great there. Terminating a strand in one of these requires active investment so there needs to be a good ROI to do so.
- minot 12y ago
  (Just a customer, not affiliated to SRT) We are starting to get fiber to the premises in Minot, North Dakota. It is not a blanket deployment as far as I know but it is happening... albeit slowly. I believe there is a lighted line from here to Bismark if anyone was interested.
grecy 12y ago
I work for the incumbent Telco in some of those Canadian arctic communities. The price of their broadband is about to go down by at least an order of magnitude. Speeds will also increase dramatically.
- bch 12y ago
  'grecy -- Bell? Let's hope the costs are driven down. I recall (as a former Whitehorse, YT resident) seeing proposals (but not as big as this articles) come and go, with no positive impact on consumers.
  - grecy 12y ago
    The wholly owned subsidiary of Bell, yes. It's looking more likely that the Yukon Government will run their own fiber from Whitehorse->Skagway to tap into the fiber backbone there, cutting out Northwestel.