One day in 2007 George McLaughlin has mentioned AAG as a possible infrastructure for supporting future Asian networks (APAN - in the context of RENs). It shall at the begin this year a decision whether or not APAN acquires a stake in the consortium. Since the Hengchun's earthquake many people see AAG as a potential infrastructure for increasing network reliability between (South/South-East) Asia and the USA, since it uses different routes than the usual Asia-US submarine cables. AAG also plays an important and strategic role that it can be extended to other countries/continents, thus increasing network reliability at a global scale (see the pic below).
How is the status of AAG currently ? I've found several new things, but not much :-)
- CAPEX : USD 550 mn (update to this post)
- "The Philippine leg of Asia-America Gateway (AAG) cable system landed in the northern province of La Union" (this happened several times ago; PLDT contributes USD 50 mn for this project)
- RFS Q4/2008, commercial traffic early 2009
AAG - Map and Possible Extensions
AAG West Portion (REACH)
Cable Crossings at Hongkong Landing Point (South Lantau?)
AAG - Map and Possible Extensions
AAG West Portion (REACH)
Cable Crossings at Hongkong Landing Point (South Lantau?)
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