ITU Telecommunication Indicators Update: International Internet Bandwith in Asia-Pacific

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Date

2002

Authors

The Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), University of Oregon

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International Telecommunication Union

Abstract

The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing an explosion of international Internet bandwidth. Capacity on Internet links connecting Asia-Pacific to the world have skyrocketed more than eightfold over the last two years from 8 to 65 gigabits (Gbit/s) by the end of 2001.1 International Internet capacity in the region now far exceeds conventional telephone capacity (see Figure 1).

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4 pages

Keywords

Asia, Pacific, Asia-Pacific, telecommunication, internet bandwidth, telephone capacity, technology

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