Now that’s a POP… Jubany Antarctic Base Communicates Via Global Crossing! I wish I could get the story from the guy from that truck-roll for Tales from the Field…
You can just hear the other carriers yelling from their nice warm offices in the USA and Europe: “Way to go! Yes of COURSE we’re right *cough* behind you!” Yes, I know it’s a satellite hookup, but if they laid fiber that would really be something though eh? It’s only another 500 miles off of Cape Horn to reach land down there… 🙂 After all, once we melt all the ice that’s prime ocean front property down there.
Next maybe they’ll hook up a continent with actual population that they don’t yet reach? I mean, I can think of a couple… LOL Ok, I’ll stop now.
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This isn’t the most remote population Global Crossing’s network reaches–that would be Tristan da Cunha:
http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/article/20060526112139516
This connectivity is used for telemedicine, as well as everyday voice and data transmission:
http://www.economist.com/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=11482580