[38185] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More BW, Less Taxes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Mercer)
Wed May 30 00:28:22 2001
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 00:27:45 -0400
From: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
To: Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>
Cc: Albert Meyer <albert@waller.net>, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com,
nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.33.0105292358250.1204-100000@neon>; from alex@nac.net on Tue, May 29, 2001 at 11:59:12PM -0400
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On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 11:59:12PM -0400, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
> > If you're across an ocean from the US, you have to factor in the cost of
> > running underwater cable.
>
> If that is the case, why is it almost the same cost, if not more
> expensive, to get a LA<>NY OC3 then a NY<>LND STM1?
i would imagine that the cost of trenching across a continent is somewhat
more labour intensive than reeling cable out of the back of a boat.
although slicing a cable break in the desert of Nevada is probably less
labour intensive than hauling a cable up in the middle of the atlantic.
but then again, there are probably far fewer errant backhoes in the atlantic.
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