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ITU/PITA Workshop on “ Submarine Cable Access in the Pacific Islands Countries”
Holiday Inn Hotel, Suva, Fiji,31 July-3 August 2017
AUGUST 2, 2017
Hawaiki Branch American Samoa
Cable Land route
BMH - Tutuila
Census map of Tutuila…
Pictures of cable route from BMH to CLS
Pictures of cable & conduits infrastructure
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BLAST CABLE & SPARE CONDUIT TERRESTRIAL ROUTE
CLS
BMH
Cable Landing
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BLAST CABLE & SPARE CONDUIT TERRESTRIAL ROUTE
CLS
BMH
Cable Landing
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BLAST CABLE & SPARE CONDUIT TERRESTRIAL ROUTE
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BLAST CABLE & SPARE CONDUIT TERRESTRIAL ROUTE
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BLAST CABLE & SPARE CONDUIT TERRESTRIAL ROUTE
BMH
BMH Splice: Submarine to Terrestrial
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BLAST CABLE & SPARE CONDUIT TERRESTRIAL ROUTE
Telecom. 4’x4’ BLAST Cable Vault with Spare Conduit
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BLAST CABLE & SPARE CONDUIT TERRESTRIAL ROUTE
Telecom. 2’x4’ BLAST Cable Vault with Spare Conduit
American Samoa Domestic Submarine Cable Manu’a Islands & Aunu’u
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12.7 miles
1.3
mile
s
50.7 miles
15 Gbps
61 Miles
Auasi
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POPULATION OF AMERICAN SAMOA – 2000 CENSUS
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SUBMARINE CABLE OPTIONS
HAWAIKI
TUI
• At end of the FTTH, Fiber Installed:
- 124 Miles of Aerial Fiber Cable on Poles.
- 204 Miles of Underground Cable using
Boring Technique.
- 224 Miles of Drop Cable
Total of 552 Miles of Cable Installed.
• Population - 55,000
• Households – 10,963
• Power Meters – 12,383
• ONT installed – 7054
BLAST FIBER CONSTRUCTION - MILES
• The FCC says as of 2016
• 66 percent of Americans living in U.S. territories (2.6 million people) lack
access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps broadband.
• 98 percent of those living in rural territorial areas (1.1 million people) lack
access.
• American Samoa is within that 98%. However, we can change that number to
less than 30%.
• 1.2Gbps today with potential to grow to more than 5Gbps in 2018
FCC STATUS OF BROADBAND IN 2016
Tui Samoa
SAS
ASH
03B
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Fa’afetai
Questions?