[110512] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Estimate of satellite vs. Land-based traffic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Wed Jan 7 15:51:30 2009
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:51:12 +0100 (CET)
To: tme@multicasttech.com
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: <8848346F-B2A8-490D-88C1-7B8DA25A7E81@multicasttech.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org, hannigan@verneglobal.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> When I was working with Svalbard, Internet connectivity was through a
> satellite link at about 2.5 degrees
> elevation looking through a notch in the mountains. I don't think it
> has changed
It has. Svalbard now has undersea cable connection to the Norwegian
mainland. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Undersea_Cable_System
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
