Faster, Bigger Broadband, No Longer Just Talk

Written by Pio Sioa
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
CEO Ministry of Communications and Information, Tua’imalo Ah Samu. Talk of a bigger and faster broadband to link Samoa online to the global community for is beyond the talking stage now, after the Minister of Communications, Safuneituuga Neri signed an agreement with the company that is going to make all this possible. The ASH Cable capacity lease agreement, will allow Samoa to hook up to a submarine cable to the same cable that will link American Samoa to Hawaii. “The underwater cable has already linked New Zealand to Hawaii, but it is now being extended to included American Samoa,” Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Communications, Tua’imalo Ah Samu says. The opportunity for extending the cable a short distance to include Samoa was raised during talks between the two Samoas. “ It was a good opportunity for us to take because we are only a few kilometers from American Samoa,” Tua’imalo continued. The initial set up costs for Samoa is USD$165,000 and thereafter a monthly lease payment of USD$120,000. “The broadband connection is cheaper for us and with a much bigger trunk capacity than what we are now accessing through the satellite. “The hookup is also timely because I understand from SamoaTel the satellite access is not far from reaching its full capacity.” The advantages of a higher speed broadband connection extends right across the board for social and economic developments. All sectors from schools, health, tourism and especially the private sector are expected to benefit from the link up. Tua’imalo is positive that the improved link up will open the way for more competitions with ISP servers, keen to have their own gateway. Improved access to the internet is expected to create a more competitive environment similar to the mobile phone service. “The SamoaTEL 10 year exclusive ends in 2009, which is right on time for the new broadband underwater cable to start in January -February.” The ASH Cable network is a consortium that owns the submarine broadband cable. Comments (2) Subscribe to this comment's feed oka written by sole, June 17, 2008 sole se fai pe o sao ga mea...o le ga e $120,000 monthly le payment,,oka, o fea foi e aumai ai gi kupe e kokogi ai ga pili?????? makua kaugaka kele ga mea sole written by suga, June 17, 2008 ae sa'o a sole, E magaia lava le surf ia i luga ole net ae o le alu ifo foi ia i luga o le siisii o le pili o le elekise lakou ia. Ua leai ai lava le uiga o siitaga o totogi. Toe o ifo i luga ma tau o meaai, pegisigi ma oloa i faleoloa, faaopoopo iai ma le mau faalavelave..oka..ua makuai fiafia le npf ma le bank ile laiga o faiga o loans. Se faamolemole le malo ma kamupani o faia nei, mea se'i tau tuutuu mai i lalo le tau o tatou internet aemaise isi oloa lea e ta'i 50sene i atunuu i fafo ae avatu i Samoa ua 5tala. Sei vaai i le zoom e fai lava fo'i si taugata ae koe limit lakou downloads...leai se faamama avega gao le fasioki o gai kagaka se...ia sa'o ai le kala foi gale...e mauoa lava e faipisinisi ae matitiva ai lava le au faigaluega. Stui, ua kakau ga koe fai sesi siitaga o totogi....fua agai i le siisii o le soifuaga. Ailoga e iai se aiga e leo pagatia i lenei vaitaimi i le taugata o le soifuaga??? Write comment Name Email Title Comment
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