In a world where it seems that all the big companies have in mind to develop some kind of wireless internet connection platform, we have an example in SpaceX and its huge network of satellites, Google and its drones and even Facebook and its search program. develop a complete platform where we can bring the internet to any area, no matter how remote and inaccessible it may be, we find that Google has plans to install a new communications cable that will connect Asia with Australia.
The truth is that, a point very in favor of continuing to use cables for intercontinental connection, despite being something tremendously expensive, is that wired connection is much faster than wireless. To this we must add that it is also more secure and offers lower latency, something that can become essential for all those companies that offer different services such as cloud computing.
Using cables to connect different continents offers higher security and connection speed as well as lower latency
Due precisely to these characteristics that are so important for different providers, something that can make their service not as interesting as any user may require, it is to be understood that Google has thought of further expanding its world domain with the installation of a new cable. submarine that will connect two continents as different as Asia and Australia to significantly improve access to cloud services offered by the American company of all the users of the small continent.
To understand a little better the need to install this type of cable, remind you that just a few months ago the installation of a cable connecting the United States and Spain was completed, a project that could finally be undertaken thanks to the financing of companies as powerful as Microsoft, Facebook and Telefónica. As expected and thus announced, this new cable has served to, for example, improve communications between the two countries, help achieve better data transmission between Microsoft's Azure servers or eliminate the bottleneck that Facebook suffered with its data.
It will be necessary to install a 9.600-kilometer submarine cable
As you can see, if companies as important as those mentioned above reach the point of agreeing to install a telecommunications cable that crosses the Atlantic, it should not surprise us in the least that Google decides to install on its own a cable that connects Asia with Australia, especially if we take into account all the services offered by the American company, which will significantly improve in terms of speed and security in all equipment that can make use of it due to its connection.
Going into a little more detail, as has been revealed, apparently this new cable will connect key points for Google such as the cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Guam and Sydney. Based on calculations, it appears it will be necessary to install a 9.600-kilometer-long cable, which will take literally huge work. Despite this, the new cable is expected to be operational, according to Google's plans, at 2019 late. Thanks to it, Google's cloud services operating in Mumbai, Singapore, Taiwan, Tokyo and Sydney will be significantly improved. In addition to these services, different companies will use this connection on a daily basis, companies as'Fashion'such as Spotify, Motorola, Paypal, Niantic or Apple's cloud services.
As a final detail, tell you that in addition to this submarine cable, officially baptized with the name of JGA-S, there will be another series of cables. Specifically, we are talking about a total of three different cables that will be in charge of offering support and above all serving as a backup in case the main cable suffers some type of damage. As soon as the main cable is working properly, these support cables will serve to improve as much as possible the connections between the aforementioned cities of China, Japan and Australia.