Re: More BW, Less Taxes

[Simon Lockhart <simonl () rd bbc co uk>]

>       Trans-oceanic capabilities will remain a bottleneck, but they
>       are not as problematic as in the previous decade. Witness Tyco
>       or any of the other folk that have cable-laying capability. Last
>       year they had waiting lines for boats.  Now the boats are idle.
>       Too much capacity in water and no-one taking it up. (see first
>       point above) 

Transatlantic bandwidth is becoming surprisingly cheap. It's now 50% 
cheaper to get from New York to London than it is to get from New York to 
San Jose.

Simon
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