Tasmania wants more backbone

The government of the Australian state of Tasmania has commissioned a feasibility study into a possible new optical fibre cable across the Bass Strait. Until this century, the island state's only connection to the Australian mainland was provided by Australia's dominant telco, Telstra, which has two fibre routes. That was …

[MrDamage]

You'd think they would already have more backbone

After all that inbreeding gave them two heads, they'd have at least some extra spinal column to hold it up.

[MrDamage]

Re: You'd think they would already have more backbone

Wow, 2 thumbs down. You would have thought at least one of the heads had a sense of humour.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: You'd think they would already have more backbone

Why? Apparently neither of yours do :-P

[Winkypop]

Cables?

I always thought the Internet arrived in Perth via camel train.

Maybe it just seems that way.

[Chuq]

My understanding was the study wasn't for an additional Bass Strait cable, but for connecting to the APX-Central cable - which isn't a Bass Strait link - it will go around the south of the state. As well as increased competition, it would be good for geographical diversity too.