[38155] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More BW, Less Taxes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (RJ Atkinson)
Tue May 29 14:09:55 2001
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 14:01:54 -0400
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From: RJ Atkinson <rja@inet.org>
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At 12:42 29/05/01, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> Yup. However, have you priced an STM1 from Sydney to Tokyo vs
> STM1 from Sydney to US and Tokyo to US? The two STM1s are about
> 75% of the cost of the direct STM1.
>
> Please repeat the exercise between Rome and Stockholm vs Rome/US
> & Stockholm/US.
The trans-Pacific problem is being solved. Give it another
6-18 months and fibre between US/CA and ANZ or JP or SG should drop
significantly in price. Now the problem of adding fibre in/out of
China, that could still use some attention, IMHO. FWIW, Tyco (and
presumably their competitors) still has/have ships busy in the
Pacific Ocean.
Ran
rja@inet.org
