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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[Will this improve the slow-ass internet speed that Malaysia have right now?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ROFLROFFLES]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 28th 2007 5:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, for someone was DOES regularly transverse from Asia to North America (and know plenty of others who do), and who WAS there for the internet outages for the Taiwan earthquake, what can I say but "about bloody time?"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ypoknons]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 28th 2007 5:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[Good to hear.  Hope this does for the island nations what excess fiber capacity has done for India.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandeep]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 28th 2007 5:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[Better connections to Japan and the like, yes?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neebs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 28th 2007 6:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[People in Japan already get personal 100Mbps fiber connections for the same price we pay for FiOS/ADSL in the States. They're fine at that level- they're far ahead of practically every other country.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 29th 2007 7:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well yes, but I mean, better connections from US or Europe to Japan and the like?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neebs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 29th 2007 8:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[Would it not be faster, easier and more reliable to construct a network of  high altitude baloons or satellites to beam signals to and from?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Big]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 28th 2007 6:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[i'd love to know what "seamless interconnection" - are some people currently changing cables like an 1890s phone operator to connect to Europe, Africa and Australia?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 28th 2007 7:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[From the picture, it would appear that the internet actually does consist of a series of tubes. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[fearless_fx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 28th 2007 7:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[*SNIP SNIP*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nizzy1115]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 28th 2007 7:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh well.....why cant they build it faster and improve the SUPER slow broadband connection in malaysia.<br><br><a href="http://www.drett.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.drett.com</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Koh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 29th 2007 2:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[any word on the speed of this new link? this is sorely needed in SEA with the exception of Singapore which already has decent connectivity.<br><br>greetings from Thailands northern mountain ranges.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 28th 2007 11:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[A fiber link is about as fast as you can ever get, only limited by the speed of light and repeaters or what not in between so no.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fragger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 29th 2007 3:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[WOW... it will be up and running in a little over a year??? that is amazing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[trainwrecka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 29th 2007 11:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[What people don't seem to understand is that all of the seemingly crazy internet speeds offered to consumers in Asia are restricted geographically. This pipe will seem to offer the equivalent of what trans-Atlantic lines did many years ago: high-bandwidth access to the US and our many interconnects. <br><br>It's "seemeless" because we don't have to go to Europe first to get to Japan.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[frank grimes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 29th 2007 4:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on $500 million underwater fiber network to link Asia, America]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/500-million-underwater-fiber-network-to-link-asia-america/</guid><description><![CDATA[Does this mean Australia's ISPs won't be so utterly anal about the price of decent broadband when this thing goes into commission?<br><br>Seriously, we have some pretty lousy prices here down under.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2007 9:08AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>