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WELCOME TO ISSUE 109, OUR DATACENTERS & NEW TECHNOLOGY AND 18TH ANNIVERSARY, AS WELL AS PTC ’20 PREVIEW EDITION!
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n the last long run of my annual marathon training at 16 of 22 miles I tripped and fell hard on an autumnal leaf covered gravel path and cracked a rib. The last time I had cracked a rib was probably twenty years earlier when I took a kick to the chest in a Tae Kwon Do class; so, I had a pretty good idea what I was dealing with and how long it could take to heal. But I was still hopeful that I could repair enough in the 3 weeks before my run. So, I took it easy, skipped short runs for a while and then in the second week went back to the pool for my Wednesday swim and in short order reminded myself just how much ribs can hurt. Still I remained hopeful until the weekend before when I just couldn’t get out and run 5 measly miles, and as a result, I bagged my annual run with the Marines. I had worked through the bone spur I picked up at the Easter Island marathon last year with a jell shot and a lot of Ibuprofen and Kinesio tape. I had put in the time and the miles, even a half marathon in June. But sometimes life bites back in ways you never see coming and trips you up. I like running with the Marines for lots of reasons, but mainly because they persevere. Above my desk at home are two age curled pages; one defining “Stamina” and the other “Endurance”. So, on the day of my annual run I instead canned my Thanksgiving applesauce and ‘ran’ vicariously through the sporadic local television coverage as the wettest day in weeks occurred outside. And last week, I signed-up and started my plan for accomplishing a half marathon, this one being next May, as well as my next marathon – same time next year. Next year I’ll avoid that trail when the leaves drop! At the start of our 19th year, we at SubTel Forum have lots of new, exciting plans in store.
PORTHCURNO 150TH ANNIVERSARY
Beginning this issue, SubTel Forum is publishing a series of articles leading up to the main 150th anniversary of the first
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India telegraph cable, which will be celebrated for the month of June 2020 at the Telegraph Museum Porthcurno in Cornwall, England. Bill Burns has written a piece entitled, “The Founding of the Eastern Telegraph Company”, featuring an Image of the Great Eastern laying the Aden shore-end and a brief summary of the cable lay and a synopsis of the ETC’s development up to C&W and the Museum. In subsequent issues, we will be highlighting the month-long schedule for the Porthcurno event, as well as other historic articles.
ON-LINE AUTHOR AND ARTICLE INDEX
We recently created an Online Index for over 100 previous SubTel Forum Magazine issues and five times that many authors and articles, allowing one to reference sources and locate magazine articles on many submarine cable related subjects. The Online Index scans the table of contents of each issue of SubTel Forum and highlights authors and topics. Give it a try at www.subtelforum.com/onlineindex.
SUBSCRIPTION REPORT SERVICE
For our reporting, we have moved to a simple web-based subscription service, which provides access to all the Market Sector Reports, as well as several useful analytics tools for the submarine fiber industry. Subscribers get access to the new Data Center & OTT Providers Market Sector Report, for instance, as well as other market sector reports authored by STF Analytics. Give it a look at https://stfanalytics.com/store.
SUBTEL FORUM 18TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
When Ted Breeze and I established our little magazine in 2001, our hope was to get enough interest to keep it going for a while. We were building on our previous successes of “Soundings” and “Real Time” from BT Marine and SAIC, respectively, and we realized that the industry that had sustained us was headed into a dark time; it would need a place to express itself like never before.