Web Chase competition

Competition closes 9.00 am, 17 Nov 2000

Ever wished you could e-mail a photo or printed page?

Or needed to fax a diagram but didn't have a fax machine?

It's time you got a scanner! Even better, you could win one in this week's Web Chase.

We're giving away a ScanJet 3400C scanner from Hewlett-Packard. The ScanJet 3400C features up to 600x1200 dpi scanning resolution and 36-bit colour, with parallel and USB support for Windows 95 and 98.

For more information about this and other great products, contact

Hewlett-Packard

, (free phone 0800 733 547).

How to enter:

Internet bandwidth for New Zealand is increasing dramatically this week, with the opening of the Southern Cross cable, which has been laid in two huge loops across the Pacific.

To enter our competition, correctly answer the following questions about the cable.

1. Name 3 countries connected to the cable's southern loop.

2. Which 3 US states are on the northern loop?

3. How many kilometres of undersea cable make up the two loops?

a) 17,500

b) 21,000

c) 28,500

HINT: Answers can be found on the

Southern Cross Cables

website.

Send your answers to

webchase@herald.co.nz

.

Be sure to include your:

* name

* e-mail address

* daytime telephone number

* home address

Entries must be received by 9.00 am, Friday 17 November 2000.

The winner will be announced next Tuesday in the New Zealand Herald and Herald Online.

Good luck, and thanks for entering!

Congratulations to last week's winner:

GW Latham of Whakatane won a PSC500 all-in-one printer/scanner/copier by successfully searching the Herald Online archives.

Last week's correct answer:

The two Herald Online stories featured in last week's competition contained the names Gore and Bush, which are also the names of candidates in the US presidential election.