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SPIN (or South Pacific Islands Network) was a proposed submarine communications cable system that would run between New Zealand and Tahiti, connecting a number of South Pacific island countries. It would have been 6,500 km (4,039 mi) long and have a 64x10 Gbit/s capacity. It was planned to be in service late 2010. The project did not go ahead due to lack of funding.[1] The SPIN personnel went on to develop the Hawaiki Cable[2][3] (see List of international submarine communications cables), which started commercial operation in 2018.[4]

Landing points

Cable landing points were proposed for:[5][6]

Related networks

Notes

  1. ^ "Pacific cable project looks to islands for revenue". ITnews. 1 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Another trans-Pac fibre mooted". The Register. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Hawaiki's hazy Pacific cable plan gets hazier". NBR. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Hawaiki Transpacific Submarine Cable System". Vodafone. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  5. ^ Galasso, Remi (8 July 2008). "SPIN: South Pacific Islands Network" (PDF). SPIN Ltd. Retrieved 13 December 2023 – via The Coconut Wireless.
  6. ^ "SPIN cable to bring real competition for Fiji". The Coconut Wireless. 30 June 2010.


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