[Infotech & Internet] The Optical Network in the Highest Altitude in Taiwan Starts in Ali Mountain

[Infotech & Internet] The Optical Network in the Highest Altitude in Taiwan Starts in Ali Mountain (Chinese Version)

The Liberty Times E-paper (2009/07/07) ＆ BCC News (2009/07/08) The optical network system in the highest altitude in Taiwan – Ali Mountain Optical Network System starts on 8th-Jul. From the day on, the communication difficulties like microwave communication being the only applicable method for the area's external communication, or the unstable signals caused by the terrain, are solved. People in Ali Mountain area are happy at the coming of optical network, hoping that by this infrastructure the digital rural-urban development drop could be reduced, and that the new network could benefit the education as well as the tourism in this area.

In order to improve the network service and the TV reception quality, Chunghwa Telecom Chiayi Branch paid great effort to the construction of Ali Mountain Optical Network System. Provincial Highway No. 18 is the major access route with heavy traffic load in and out Ali Mountain area, along which thus the construction avoids setting the network. The construction applies non-traditional conception, creating a novel naturnahe (near-to-nature) construction method. The optical fibers are set along Ali San Forest Railway, step by step from the mountain foot to the top. In the first stage, the fibers have been set up to the Fen-Chi-Hu station, the major relay of Ali San Forest Railway.

Via the optical network, the residents and tourists can enjoy now the 10M/2M wide-band internet and HD TV service, MOD. This is regarded as a major step in terms of reducing development divide and of the tourism in Alisan area.


Further Information:
The Liberty Times E-paper 2009/07/07 (Chinese)
Yahoo! News / BCC News 2009/07/08 (Chinese)