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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

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Fa’afetai

Questions?