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Re: connectivity outside the US
From: Daniel McRobb <dwm () ans net>
Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 16:46:00 -0400
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.
From what I've read, it's quite difficult to lay undersea cable. There
was a nice article in the Dec. 1996 issue of WIRED covering the FLAG (Fiberoptic Link Around the Globe) project, written by (of all people) Neal Stephenson. Online at: http://wwww.wired.com/wired/4.12/features/ffglass.html Daniel ~~~~~~
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- Re: connectivity outside the US Vadim Antonov (May 31)
- Re: connectivity outside the US Jesse Caulfield (May 31)
- Re: connectivity outside the US Brian Horvitz (May 31)
- Re: connectivity outside the US Chris Whittenburg (May 31)
- Re: connectivity outside the US Daniel McRobb (May 31)
- Re: connectivity outside the US Perry E. Metzger (May 31)
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- RE: connectivity outside the US Barry Raveendran Greene (May 31)
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- Re: connectivity outside the US Sean M. Doran (May 31)
- RE: connectivity outside the US Sean M. Doran (May 31)
- RE: connectivity outside the US Barry Raveendran Greene (May 31)
- Re: connectivity outside the US Mark Ansboury (May 31)
- Re: connectivity outside the US Jesse Caulfield (May 31)