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		<title>Stephen Fry was throttled &#8211; Telecom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From NBR &#8211; Chris Keall &#124; Monday February 20, 2012 &#124; 44 comments Sorry Stephen, it&#8217;s just how we do things in this part of the world UPDATE: 3.30pm: New Zealand broadband might not be up to snuff, but we have the best spin doctors. &#8220;Essentially the situation with Mr Fry this morning was a misunderstanding,&#8221; a Telecom spokeswoman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pacificfibre.net/news/stephen-fry-was-throttled-telecom/</link>
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		<title>Pacific Fibre&#8217;s sunken treasure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pacific Fibre&#8217;s sunken treasure From www.techday.co.nz , Thursday, 2nd February, 2012 Has Pacific Fibre stumbled across the modern-day equivalent of sunken treasure in its ongoing quest to lay cables between Australia, New Zealand and the US? As part of its coverage of the Pacific Telecommunications Council’s annual conference last month, Communications Day [PDF, 480KB] reported on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pacificfibre.net/news/pacific-fibres-sunken-treasure/</link>
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		<title>In an internet ghetto far away&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve McCabe: In an internet ghetto far away&#8230; From New Zealand Herald &#8211; Friday 6 January 2012 The Southern Cross cable comes ashore on Takapuna beach. Photo / Russell Smith By Steve McCabe While there is, indisputably, much to love about life in New Zealand, there is no escaping the fact that internet access in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pacificfibre.net/news/in-an-internet-ghetto-far-away/</link>
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		<title>Vodafone New Zealand signs long term capacity deal with Pacific Fibre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vodafone New Zealand and Pacific Fibre today announced that they have signed a multi-million dollar agreement for the supply of international bandwidth on the new Pacific Fibre cable system. Under the 10-year deal, Vodafone will become Pacific Fibre’s biggest New Zealand customer. Vodafone CEO Russell Stanners says Pacific Fibre is bringing much needed competition to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pacificfibre.net/news/vodafone-new-zealand-signs-long-term-capacity-deal-with-pacific-fibre/</link>
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		<title>Guest Post: Being always-connected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Xero&#8216;s Craig Walker reports from the USA on the internet gap between there and Australia and New Zealand. Xero founder and CEO Rod Drury is a founder and director of Pacific Fibre. As part of Xero&#8217;s push into the US market my wife and I have made the move from Wellington to San Francisco to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pacificfibre.net/demand-side/guest-post-being-always-connected/</link>
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		<title>iiNet signs long term capacity deal with Pacific Fibre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pacific Fibre has signed a definitive agreement with iiNet for the supply of international capacity on the Pacific Fibre cable system. Pacific Fibre’s CEO, Mark Rushworth said he was very pleased to have Australia’s second largest DSL broadband provider on board as a foundation customer. &#160; “We look forward to supporting iiNet’s ongoing success by ensuring that they can deliver a faster service and more cost effective solutions to their customers,”  Mr Rushworth said. &#160; iiNet’s CEO, Michael Malone said this would benefit customers by providing greater capacity on some of the busiest international routes for Internet traffic. &#160; “As a foundation customer with Pacific Fibre, our customers will enjoy some of the fastest paths when accessing international content both now and well into the future” Mr Malone said. “We have always supported competition in the International cable space, and the additional capacity and choice Pacific Fibre is delivering can only be good for both our business and the industry in general.” &#160; Pacific Fibre’s undersea cable system will connect Australia to New Zealand, then on to the USA. It is scheduled to be in commercial service by early 2014. ENDS &#160; For more information please contact: Mark Rushworth, Pacific Fibre CEO mark.rushworth@pacificfibre.net +64 21 244 0777, +64 9 2153308 About Pacific Fibre: Pacific Fibre was founded in 2010 and is intending to construct one of the longest and most technically advanced undersea cable systems. The Pacific Fibre cable will be the longest, and most technically advanced trans-°©‐oceanic cable in the world. The Pacific Fibre cable will connect Australia and New Zealand to the United States, using leading and proven industry technology to achieve the fastest and most efficient route. Employing 40G technology, Pacific Fibre’s cable will, upon installation, deliver 10.2 Tb/s of design capacity with 100G upgradability to 12.8Tb/s. &#160; About iiNet: iiNet is Australia&#8217;s second largest DSL Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the leading challenger in the telecommunications market. iiNet employs approximately 2000 inquisitive staff across four countries and support over 1.3 million broadband, telephone and Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) services nationwide. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pacificfibre.net/press-release/media-release-26-july-2011-iinet-signs-long-term-capacity-deal-with-pacific-fibre/</link>
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		<title>Pacific Fibre Selects TE Subcom to supply cable system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PACIFIC FIBRE SELECTS TE SUBCOM AS SUPPLIER FOR HIGH-CAPACITY, TRANS-PACIFIC SUBSEA CABLE SYSTEM 12,750km System Will Set Record for Cross Sectional Capacity, Support Increasing Capacity Demands in Australia and New Zealand AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND and MORRISTOWN, NJ, USA – July 18, 2011 – Pacific Fibre and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company (NYSE: TEL) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pacificfibre.net/press-release/pacific-fibre-selects-te-subcom-to-supply-cable-system/</link>
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		<title>Signed: REANNZ and Pacific Fibre capacity agreement now confirmed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[REANNZ and Pacific Fibre sign foundation customer agreement, based on previously announced terms. REANNZ and Pacific Fibre announced today that they have signed a $91 million definitive agreement for the supply of international capacity on the new Pacific Fibre cable system. The agreement was approved by the REANNZ board and by shareholding Ministers Hon Bill [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pacificfibre.net/press-release/media-release-signed-reannz-and-pacific-fibre-capacity-agreement-is-now-confirmed/</link>
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		<title>Media Release: REANNZ and Pacific Fibre announce capacity agreement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Media Release 20 May 2011 REANNZ announces capacity agreement with Pacific Fibre REANNZ and Pacific Fibre agree key terms for a long-term, ground-breaking international capacity service for the NZ research, education and innovation communities REANNZ and Pacific Fibre announced today that they have agreed Key Commercial Terms for a substantial contract to supply international capacity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pacificfibre.net/press-release/media-release-reannz-and-pacific-fibre-announce-capacity-agreement/</link>
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		<title>Pacific Fibre appoints Bank and Investment Banks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Media Release 27 April 2011. Pacific Fibre appoints Bank and Investment Banks &#160; Pacific Fibre announces that it has appointed ANZ, Credit Suisse and First NZ Capital to lead fund raising for its new undersea cable system.&#160; &#160; The Pacific Fibre undersea cable system will connect Australia to the United States with two fibre optic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pacificfibre.net/press-release/pacific-fibre-appoints-bank-and-investment-banks/</link>
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