[73466] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ship seized for cutting Sri Lanka's internet link
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Bonomi)
Tue Aug 24 09:12:49 2004
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:12:08 -0500 (CDT)
From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:53:37 +0100 (WEST)
> From: Carlos Friacas <cfriacas@fccn.pt>
> Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Ship seized for cutting Sri Lanka's internet link
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> *only* internet connection?
No, not exactly the -only- connection. They had some satellite-relay capacity.
*LIMITED* bandwidth availability. voice or data.
> 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... ;-)
Do you have any idea of the *cost* of such a 'second cable' ?
Or how _long_ it takes to install?
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Sean Donelan wrote:
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> > Sri Lanka's high court has ordered the seizure of an Indian cargo vessel
> > which allegedly cut a submarine cable connecting the island's
> > telecommunications subscribers with the rest of the world.
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> > The court ordered that the vessel, State of Nagaland, be held at the
> > Colombo port where it berthed on Sunday after accidentally severing the
> > cable known as the SEA-ME-WE-III with its anchor.
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