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Name the cable competition

Telstra's 9,000-kilometre submarine cable between Australia and the United States is the largest ever built and owned by an Australian company and will dramatically increase internet data capacity.

To celebrate this Telstra is holding a 'Name the cable competition' from 9am Tuesday 7 October until 12pm 19 October 2008.

Be a part of this milestone achievement by entering a name for the cable and in 25 words or less why is this name appropriate.

Win a broadband pack and a mobile

More information on prizes:
  • Telstra Pre-Paid Wireless Broadband pack has everything you need to get started including a USB Modem and $100 included credit.
  • Telstra's Next G™ Pre-Paid Motorola V3xx includes calls/diversions to MessageBank® in Australia. Excludes premium SMS, international numbers, barred numbers, calls to Sensis and Memo.

Before entering, please read the Terms and Conditions.

The name the cable competition is now closed

The winner to be announced soon.

What does the cable look like?

Each of the four fibre optic strands carries 10 Gbps of traffic over 64 wavelengths of light... See a visual breakdown of the cable components.

The cable has landed!

Watch the video - Sky News report on Telstra's 9000 kilometre submarine cable connecting Sydney and Hawaii.

Media release: Name Telstra’s ‘Big Cable’ and win!

To celebrate building the 9,000-kilometre submarine cable between Australia and the United States - which is the largest ever built cable network and owned by an Australian company - Telstra is holding a "Name the cable competition" from 9am Tuesday 7 October until 12pm 19 October.

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