[107830] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: [SPAM-HEADER] - Re: Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S. -
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Mon Sep 15 07:38:21 2008
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:38:13 +0100
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "Florian Weimer" <fw@deneb.enyo.de>,
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jean-Fran=E7ois_Mezei?= <jfmezei@vaxination.ca>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Fiber opic capacity from to Europe to Asia via the African cost has =
always been quite slim by TransAtlantic standards. As I recollect, you =
have FLAG, SWM3, and SWM4. Those systems can push multi-terabits. =
Capacity is not fundamentally the problem, but rather the lack of =
competition.=20
Also you need a vibrantly competitive local loop market in these =
countries to drive undersea capacity demand. You don't have that yet, =
although it is emerging in countries like India.=20
Regards,=20
Roderick S. Beck
Director of European Sales
Hibernia Atlantic
