tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:26:55 +0000[i2i]VietnamWireless[AJC][JaKa2LaDeMa][TEAMS][IMEWE]China[SJJK][EIG][Palapa-Ring02]Telecommunication[Telkomsel][AAG][BizNET][BSCS][TIS][DMCS]Submarine Cables[MIC-1][TPE]SingaporeIndonesia[SEACOM][Broadband]GIMP[Palapa-Ring01]Software[EASSy][Moratel]Inkscape[Main One][Facebook]NetworksIndia[EAC|C2C]International[BRCS][Jakabare][TIC]RENs[Telkom]Internet[Femto][TGN|Teleglobe|Tata]Others[FirstMedia][Bandwidth-Price][SCAN|FIC]PhillipinesMalaysia[Matrix|Napinfo]GuidesGermany[Jakasusi]TeletrafficTaiwanJapan[Indosat][PGASCOM][SJC][Jasuka][Intra-Asia][PPC-1]Education[Excelcomindo]ThailandDiverse Thoughtshttp://soft-brain.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)Blogger250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-2449703121199215561Tue, 19 May 2009 06:57:00 +00002009-05-19T14:19:30.119+07:00OthersThanks for responses, comments and sorry for inactivities for the last couple weeks ... :-D ... Since several days ago I did some experiments to move this blog to a new address with a new look. Why? Well, I seek for a more representative name and because, slowly, I get bored with the interface ... :-D ... However, this blog will remain! I just won't post updates here. So please visit my new http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/rSJXj2-Q5AE/soft-brain-is-now-harewostelecom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/rSJXj2-Q5AE" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/05/soft-brain-is-now-harewostelecom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-569048669259840103Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:27:00 +00002009-04-04T20:33:37.315+07:00MalaysiaI just found the picture illustrating transmission infrastructure in Malaysia. However, it might be outdated, since it is the condition in 2004. But, we can see some statistics:Long distance transmission infrastructure length approximately 70,000 kmMain players : Telekom Malaysia, Time, Maxis, FiberrailSource MEWC Malaysia, 2004http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/v8XT5803mRk/malaysia-broadband-infrastructure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/v8XT5803mRk" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/04/malaysia-broadband-infrastructure.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-571881012280743314Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:30:00 +00002009-04-04T19:59:31.658+07:00Thanks to Meneer for the pointer. I was thinking that Ochre Services was the only one, who has interest in wiring Singapore-Jakarta-Perth. I'm honestly still not sure whether these systems (Ochre and GN) will come into reality: whether they has secured how the projects will be financed? But let's see it. Previously I was not sure also about Surabaya - Hong Kong cable project, but it has been http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/SXzmvgGRgxg/global-networks-another-ochre-services.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/SXzmvgGRgxg" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/04/global-networks-another-ochre-services.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-2330038675245550910Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:17:00 +00002009-04-04T12:37:29.260+07:00[FirstMedia]Recently, Dicky Moechtar, director of PT First Media, said that the company has totally 3.5 Gbps bandwidth serving 122 th. customers. He also claimed that FastNet allows users to have external download rate 18 kBps (average I guess), which is according to him, three times faster than the usual external download rate offered by other operators.If we take the numbers given by Dicky, then it seems http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/LOlhPn4SNss/first-media-fastnet-over-booking-ratio.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/LOlhPn4SNss" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/04/first-media-fastnet-over-booking-ratio.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-1768488331610019081Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:07:00 +00002009-04-04T06:34:51.528+07:00We might already be heard these terms, in particular if we are inside or at least talk about network-related-things in an ISP / NSP. Overbooking is "a term used to describe the sale of access to a service which exceeds the capacity of the service" (Wikipedia). Over-provisioning is exactly the opposite i.e. a term used to describe how much excess/free capacity are available compared to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/hEMb-zlGfMU/over-booking-vs-over-provisioning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/hEMb-zlGfMU" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/04/over-booking-vs-over-provisioning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-5723356592558137670Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:31:00 +00002009-04-03T08:15:54.075+07:00[Bandwidth-Price]I just want to comment this local report. This is written by Arif Pitoyo (Bisnis) citing Galumbang Menak (CEO Gema Lintas Benua - a local Internet Service Provider). Below, I would use "GM|AP" to refer to this report. Summary of the report + my comments:It is predicted that Internet bandwidth leasing cost decreases by 50% !The figure would be around USD 100 to USD 300 / Mbps ! (he talked about http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/Yo4egI1m2qk/bandwidth-price-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/Yo4egI1m2qk" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/04/bandwidth-price-4.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-1044012190594618118Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:14:00 +00002009-04-04T16:58:04.427+07:00[Facebook]Facebook has experienced a phenomenal growth. According to datacenterknowledge.com (03/2009): Facebook has been adding more than 600,000 new users a day in recent months; it just surpassed 200 mn usersMore than 24 percent of U.S. Internet users have Facebook accounts, as do 43 percent of the online audience in the UKThe company may be spending as much as $1 million a month on electricity to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/TXaPKRgcdAQ/facebook-infrastructure-needs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/TXaPKRgcdAQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/04/facebook-infrastructure-needs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-7317589996631490925Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:14:00 +00002009-04-04T05:44:52.164+07:00[Bandwidth-Price]According to Telegeography Research (2009B):Prices are declining due to growing supply, greater competition, liberalizing markets, and technological advancementsPrices for higher-capacity products are dropping faster than lower-capacity productsThe more you buy, the less you pay per Mbps High capacity means high revenuePrices change in large stepsPrices vary by geography, carrier, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/R0zzAhw5wj8/bandwidth-price-points.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/R0zzAhw5wj8" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/04/bandwidth-price-points.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-2081379110106696781Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:18:00 +00002009-03-31T05:53:37.318+07:00[SCAN|FIC]Thanks for the hints, I've just post too early. This morning I found tens of media reports about this. I would like to congratulate NEC Submarine for the award, and also for updating the news section in their website! :-DFIC (Dahlan Iskan, Linggar Mulyono)PT. Fangbian Iskan Corporindo is a new venture founded by Mr. Dahlan Iskan, Chairman and CEO of Jawa Pos Group2 engaging in Telecommunications,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/BZxkLfsNgRE/surabaya-hong-kong-submarine-cable-asia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/BZxkLfsNgRE" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/surabaya-hong-kong-submarine-cable-asia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-1326169519367945058Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:20:00 +00002009-03-30T17:56:46.740+07:00Have you heard this "ASEAN China Super Corridor" ? As I follow it, Mr. M Nuh has used this term several times this month. It seems that this is named following a malaysian initiative "MSC". But what is it actually? Anybody knows ?It is said several times, that this corridor shall be ready in 2012. To my opinion, it is unlikely that it a completely new cable project (partially could be), since it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/RPXdgVzJlIc/asean-china-super-corridor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/RPXdgVzJlIc" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/asean-china-super-corridor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-1500137181344582475Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:17:00 +00002009-04-04T06:05:13.185+07:00Trans-Atlantic submarine cable route (2008) :Lit capacity : 9.3 TbpsPurchased capacity: 7.9 TbpsUsed capacity : 3.1 TbpsTraffic composition in the trans-atlantic used capacity (2008):Switched voice : 1%Private networks: 27%Internet : 72%Source Telegeography (2008E)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/tJsHK_VvHcA/international-teletraffic-internet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/tJsHK_VvHcA" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/international-teletraffic-internet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-4768532034214551393Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:17:00 +00002009-03-29T05:04:54.174+07:00IndiaRENsObjectives:Set up and run a nationwide Academic and Research Network.Undertake and promote R&D in the area of computer networkingHuman Resource Development in the area of computer networking.Content hosting relating to education and research.Registrar for domains- edu.in, res.in & ac.inEducation and Research Network of India (ERNET):ERNET operates through Point of Presence (POP) located at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/5Wa7zqEnJVg/ernet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/5Wa7zqEnJVg" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/ernet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-6780270145335269403Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:17:00 +00002009-03-30T19:50:14.538+07:00[SCAN|FIC]What do you think ? It's real or just another rumor ? I've heard this several times and till I read the news snippet below, I believed that was a rumor!"Artinya, kita melihat kondisi penyedia jasa internet terlebih dahulu dan mempelajari aspek mana saja yang bisa diturunkan. Kita tidak bisa menetapkan prosentasenya secara sepihak," jelasnya di sela penandatanganan kerjasama FIC Indonesia-TPI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/dxJAvU27KxM/surabaya-hong-kong-cable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/dxJAvU27KxM" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/surabaya-hong-kong-cable.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-7820266999819249171Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:10:00 +00002009-03-28T15:47:29.328+07:00JapanRENsJapan Gigabit Network (JGN) is High Speed Advanced Testbed Network for Research and Development (R&D), which is operated by National Institute of Information and Communication Technology (NICT). JGN is promoted with cooperation among government, industry and academia, and also collaborated with communal and international networks.On 1999, JGN started operation of domestic optical fiber network. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/-rmaq3ZPHFY/jgn-jgn2-jgn2plus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/-rmaq3ZPHFY" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/jgn-jgn2-jgn2plus.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-5491182153298187392Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:50:00 +00002009-03-28T13:15:46.013+07:00ChinaRENsCERNETCERNET project was started in 1993. It is the first nationwide TCP/IP backbone and the 3rd largest ISP in China.CERNET owns its own transport network : 30,000KM darkfiber, 800G DWDM system.CERNET has PoPs in 73 cities, covering all the provinces.There are about 2,000 universities, schools and research institutes connected.The end users reaches 25M : There are 320M students/school kids in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/G2N5fuALT3M/cernet-cngi-cernet2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/G2N5fuALT3M" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/cernet-cngi-cernet2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-8905567870400134220Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:02:00 +00002009-03-28T11:44:50.955+07:00ChinaRENsI just tracked RE networking in China. China shall have at least two main RENs : CSTNet and CERNET, cmiiw!----China Science and Technology Network (CSTNet) is one of the earliest internet networks in China, and is extended upon the base of Chinese Academy of Sciences Network (CASNet). In April 1994, CSTNet opened the first official Internet link in China. Since then, CSTNet has been responsible http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/ccVdTOZrmTA/cstnet-cngi-cstnet2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/ccVdTOZrmTA" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/cstnet-cngi-cstnet2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-8336398749885049928Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:21:00 +00002009-03-29T04:24:42.614+07:00ThailandRENsTo be honest, when I was in Europe several years ago, I never thought that RE networking in ASEAN (except Singapore) could be that as what I see right now. Thailand is currently in a very good track; Malaysia, Vietnam will follow it shortly. Indonesia ?? ... still needs much works!----UniNet/ThaiREN:The Project of Inter-University Network (UniNet) is established by notification of Ministry of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/IjRZ8ZaBYfQ/thairen-uninet-uninet2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/IjRZ8ZaBYfQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/thairen-uninet-uninet2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-5060338647101861389Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:33:00 +00002009-03-28T05:48:00.737+07:00[Matrix|Napinfo]Napinfo has a new partner for selling their bandwidth product: PT. Singleterra, previously PT. Singer Indonesia Tbk. Yes, offcourse :-D , "Singer" was/is a famous strong-branded international company, but not for bandwidth-related things ... PT. Singer Indonesia was a sewing-machine distributor.Qoutes from Vivanews:Pada prospektus, perseroan telah menandatangani perjanjian kerja sama dengan PT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/ZaNzVSVAbM4/pt-singleterra-napinfos-reseller.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/ZaNzVSVAbM4" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/pt-singleterra-napinfos-reseller.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-2421590411286808033Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:53:00 +00002009-03-27T17:02:21.056+07:00JapanRENsIt seems that this is a GMPLS-Playground. *Work-in-progress :-D *SINET3 is the new Japanese academic backbone network launched in April 2007 for more than 700 universities and research institutions. It has 63 edge and 12 core nodes and deploys Japan’s first 40 Gbps lines between Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.SINET3 emphasizes four service aspects: transfer layer, virtual private network (VPN), http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/0bjz_kEEl5A/sinet3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/0bjz_kEEl5A" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/sinet3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-9144676534551188229Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:13:00 +00002009-03-28T14:32:45.939+07:00[AJC]Design Capacity of AJCAt least 32 x 10Gbit/s on each of 2 fibre pair = 320G+320G which can be configured as:320G Protectedor 640G Non Preemptible Unprotectedor 320G Protected + 320G Preemptible UnprotectedInitially Equipped Capacity of AJC40G+40G capable of mix of Protected plus Non Preemptible Unprotected plus Preemptible Unprotected.Source AJC@ATUGNational and International Liasion:Australian http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/JSqU5IUs-Kk/ajc-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/JSqU5IUs-Kk" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/ajc-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-8984021388193368487Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:13:00 +00002009-03-28T08:51:10.098+07:00TaiwanRENsTWAREN stands for "TaiWan Advanced Research and Education Network", while TANet "Taiwan Academic NETwork".TWAREN :A physical network serves multiple purposes and logical networks : TANet, connects to commodity Internet; TWAREN research network; experiment, testbed, special researchProvisioning services on multiple layers : L1 Lightpaths; L2 VLAN, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/GXerrqSMH8Q/twaren-tanet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/GXerrqSMH8Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/twaren-tanet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-4778884835138243864Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:13:00 +00002009-03-27T18:20:21.856+07:00[Telkom]Several times ago, I asked my friend (affan basalamah - he is one of the VIPs :-D ) why our connection to TEIN3 happens via direct link to Hong Kong. He said, this link is provided by PT. Telkom. Previously, we always connect through Singapore. My guess was, that this is due to policy or maybe some technical reasons from DANTE or other partners. But one or two days ago, I read some reports that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/rEJFUZkBKnY/telkom-tm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/rEJFUZkBKnY" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/telkom-tm.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-86615531800967182Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:21:00 +00002009-03-27T04:36:05.580+07:00I'm not a Hutch's people, but I think we can see Hong Kong connectivity by HGC's HutchConnect services (see the picture below).It is claimed that HGC :has the whole Hong Kong connectivity!has several cable landings in HKconnect to different cablesoffers bandwidth on demandhas backhaul diversityoffers multilayer servicesAny contra opinions ??Source HGC@PTChttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/0xMZ2r2m3S8/hong-kong-connectiviy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/0xMZ2r2m3S8" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/hong-kong-connectiviy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-4649645131924422948Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:21:00 +00002009-03-26T17:46:27.778+07:00Below is a short summary of HGC's talk at PTC.There are over 20 new cables in 2008/2009 around the globe!New cable builds in the APAC region:Long haul --> TPE (Ph1), AAG, TGN-IAShort haul --> Matrix, Hokkaido-Sakhalin CSUpgrades --> SMW3, APCN2, JUS, PC-1Coming soon --> Unity, TPE (Ph2)In the pipeline --> SJCInternet traffic trends : video content fuels bandwidth demand and growth.Used subsea http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/8oNNfesN5l4/submarine-cable-capacity-hutchs-view.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/8oNNfesN5l4" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/submarine-cable-capacity-hutchs-view.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462423796919251850.post-7054978806239353985Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:20:00 +00002009-03-27T10:37:35.720+07:00[Matrix|Napinfo]Now, I understood why I didn't see any involvement of Matrixnetworks (AS17886) for Napinfo connectivity! :-D ... It is definitely that Matrix is a downstream of Napinfo! Their homepage is also host under Napinfo's domain.Quotes from matrixnetworks.sgMatrix Ownership :Brantwood International Limited (Incorporated in Hong Kong) - 50.00%Causeway Bay Investments Limited (Incorporated in Seychelles) -http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Soft-brain/~3/oaflhPoRBGQ/matrix-napinfo-downstream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eueung Mulyana)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Soft-brain/~4/oaflhPoRBGQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://soft-brain.blogspot.com/2009/03/matrix-napinfo-downstream.html