Re: connectivity outside the US

[Vadim Antonov <avg () pluris com>]

smd () clock org (Sean M. Doran) wrote:

> Examining this a bit more closely, since undersea capacity is
> terribly expensive, when there is adequate capacity available
> to a large aggregate of sites people want to get to, there will
> be an obvious market for access to that capacity.   

Actually, i do not understand why undersea capacity is so
expensive.  Cable is more expensive, yes; but the paths
are much straighter, and there's no need to purchase
rights of ways (except for shore-side strips).  There's
no need to dig trenches -- you just drop the cable off the
boat.

I guess the real problem with undersea capacity is more in the
fact that it was always considered a low-volume service (which
it is, in terms of voice traffic); so there's no many competitive
providers, and small-quantity pricing.

--vadim