Global Switch Extends Carrier Network With FirstPath Submarine Cables
The cables, FirstPath’s first entry into submarine cables, provide one of the shortest paths between North Sydney and the CBD and the ASX.
Global Switch has announced that customers in its Sydney data centre campus are now able to connect directly to FirstPath’s new high capacity submarine fibre optic cables which were laid across Sydney Harbour last month.
The cables, FirstPath’s first entry into submarine cables, provide one of the shortest paths between North Sydney and the CBD and the ASX. FirstPath, a leading Australian privately owned Telecommunications Company, had previously used fibre links running through the cross-harbour tunnel however the new submarine cables decrease path distance and improve latency as well as provide diverse pathways. The two cables joining Sydney’s Central Business District (CBD) with North Sydney provide a total capacity of 1,440 fibres cores.