Excelcomindo's New Cable : SJJK

I don't have so much information about this issue except a few things below. If I look at the statistics of my blog, I know that some of you might eventually have more information than I :-D . So why don't you share some "public domain" information ? (okay, the magic word - please!)

• Owner : XL (Excelcomindo Pratama)
• Main contractor/supplier : Alcatel Lucent Submarine
  
• Subcontractors : EGS Asia, Engkatama Indonesia, more ?
  
• CAPEX : approx. USD 120 mn ?? (if it's true, the length of the system shall be > 1,000 km)
  
• Project name : SJJK - guess S = Sumatera, J = Java, J = ?, K=Kalimantan
  
• Capacity : ??

Previously, it rumours that XL will deploy Dumai - Batam cable. Is it a part of this SJJK ??

Exploring BiZNET

BGP could (sometimes) be very interesting! Agree ? Disagree ? :-D Well, okay, at least for some people, communities (Opisboy-ers, heh ?? :-D )

I'm currently not a BGP expert, but it's quite fun to to see what we can do with it. So here I just want to share a case I've dealed with yesterday : BiZNET (yes, PT. Supra ...). If you do expertise in BGP, please advise ! :-D

It seems that BiZNET buys some transit capacities from pak Meneer :-D (AS4657, by the way how many ASNs does REACH currently have??). But it's quite odd, that I failed to see direct connections between BiZNET and REACH. Could it happen that these are tunneled via third parties (say, AS4761 or AS7473) ??

BiZNET seems has direct (upstream?) connections with the following networks:

• AS9002 RETN (?)
• AS3356 Level3
• AS15412 FLAG
• AS29208 DIAL TELECOM (?)
  
• AS3491 PCCWGlobal
• AS10217 NTT
• AS23947 Moratel (upstream?? - strange!)
  
• AS4761 Indosat
• AS9505 TWGate
• AS7473 Singtel

In addition, seems that BiZNET has special relationships with AS4862 (EQUANT ASIA), AS7597 (IIX APJII) and AS38154 (PSN). But is there no relationship with AS7717 ?? It should be ...

Asia America Gateway AAG (3)

Finally, AAG has a website! You may check http://asia-america-gateway.com !

But don't expect too much for now :-D It's almost similar to the TPE website, which is mainly intended for the members of the consortium. There is also no NEW information either. The website is maintained by PLDT and hosted at INFOCOM Technologies (Philippines).

"The birth of the AAG will revolutionize high bandwidth delivery between Asia and the USA. Designed for broadband traffic, it will provide much-needed diversity in traditional routes to the US and ensure alternate routes, expanded capacity and high levels of service during potential disasters. The AAG Cable System is expected to carry commercial traffic by first quarter of 2009."

Source/Courtesy AAG/asia-america-gateway.com