[99457] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: New TransPacific Cable Projects:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Sat Sep 22 07:36:43 2007
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:33:48 +0100
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "Marshall Eubanks" <tme@multicasttech.com>
CC: <deepak@ai.net>, "nanog list" <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Sep 22, 2007, at 5:26 AM, Rod Beck wrote:
> It is not obvious to me that there is a Pacific cable capacity =20
> glut. For example, I sold a DS3 from LA to Hong Kong for $6K MRC =20
> whereas the last time a wholesale TransAtlantic DS3 rivaled that =20
> figure was 2001.
>
Not to mention that the Taiwan straits earthquake showed a clear lack =20
of physical diversity on a number of important Pacific routes, which I =
know some =20
companies are laying fiber to address.
Regards
Marshall
Human beings systematically underestimate certain risks and exaggerate =
others.=20
The defenders of the Pacific cables will point out that the cables were =
actually quite well spaced and that the only reason so many cables were =
destroyed was that the earthquake caused an undersea landslipe that =
rolled over hundreds of kilometers.=20
However, the Taiwan strait is an area of constant seismic activity and =
that risk was ignored largely because the Big One occurs infrequently =
enough not to matter to the decision makers.=20
On the other side of the coin, the average American is more likely to =
die in a car accident than a terrorist attack. Yet the US devotes more =
resources to preventing terrorist attaacks than to preventing car =
accidents or reducing its extreme high infant mortality rate (twice the =
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>On Sep 22, 2007, at 5:26 AM, Rod Beck wrote:<BR>
<BR>
> It is not obvious to me that there is a Pacific cable =
capacity <BR>
> glut. For example, I sold a DS3 from LA to Hong Kong for $6K =
MRC <BR>
> whereas the last time a wholesale TransAtlantic DS3 rivaled =
that <BR>
> figure was 2001.<BR>
><BR>
<BR>
Not to mention that the Taiwan straits earthquake showed a clear =
lack <BR>
of physical diversity on a number of important Pacific routes, which I =
know some <BR>
companies are laying fiber to address.<BR>
<BR>
Regards<BR>
Marshall<BR>
<BR>
Human beings systematically underestimate certain risks and exaggerate =
others.<BR>
<BR>
The defenders of the Pacific cables will point out that the cables were =
actually quite well spaced and that the only reason so many cables were =
destroyed was that the earthquake caused an undersea landslipe that =
rolled over hundreds of kilometers.<BR>
<BR>
However, the Taiwan strait is an area of constant seismic activity and =
that risk was ignored largely because the Big One occurs infrequently =
enough not to matter to the decision makers.<BR>
<BR>
On the other side of the coin, the average American is more likely to =
die in a car accident than a terrorist attack. Yet the US devotes more =
resources to preventing terrorist attaacks than to preventing car =
accidents or reducing its extreme high infant mortality rate (twice the =
level of developed countries like Canada or France).<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
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