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Re: connectivity outside the US
- From: Vadim Antonov
- Date: Sat May 31 14:12:14 1997
smd@clock.org (Sean M. Doran) wrote:
> Examining this a bit more closely, since undersea capacity is
> terribly expensive, when there is adequate capacity available
> to a large aggregate of sites people want to get to, there will
> be an obvious market for access to that capacity.
Actually, i do not understand why undersea capacity is so
expensive. Cable is more expensive, yes; but the paths
are much straighter, and there's no need to purchase
rights of ways (except for shore-side strips). There's
no need to dig trenches -- you just drop the cable off the
boat.
I guess the real problem with undersea capacity is more in the
fact that it was always considered a low-volume service (which
it is, in terms of voice traffic); so there's no many competitive
providers, and small-quantity pricing.
--vadim
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