[73465] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ship seized for cutting Sri Lanka's internet link
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Tue Aug 24 09:04:12 2004
To: Carlos Friacas <cfriacas@fccn.pt>
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:53:37 BST."
<Pine.BSF.4.58.0408241351240.69950@atlas.fccn.pt>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:02:48 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:53:37 BST, Carlos Friacas said:
> if yes, here we see once again the "benefits" of having a monopoly in the
> telecom industry. and a bad one it seems... even if the incumbent is the
> only way out of the island, it would seem wise (not cost-driven) to have a
> second cable at least connecting the island to the world... ;-)
And make sure the two landing stations are on opposite sides of the island.
But even then you can't win - I seem to recall that Sri Lanka has a small
problem with rebels - who could conceivably end up controlling one of
the stations.....
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