US-Asia Peering

["William B. Norton" <wbn () equinix com>]

Hi all -

I understand that there is a real glut of AP transoceanic capacity, 
particularly on the Japan-US cable where twice as much capacity is idle as 
is in use. This has sent the price point down to historic levels, O($28K/mo 
for STM-1) or less than $200/Mbps for transport! This is approaching an 
attractive price point for long distance peering so, just for grins,...

Are there transport providers that can provide a price point around 
$100/Mbps for transport capacity from Tokyo to the U.S. (LAX/SJO) ?

What are the technical issue with extreme long distance (transoceanic) 
peering?

In particular, what are the issues interconnecting layer 2 switches across 
the ocean for the purposes of providing a global peering cloud using:
0) vanilla circuit transport to interconnect the switches
1) MPLS framed ethernet service to interconnect the switches
2) tunnelled transport over transit to interconnect the switches

Thanks in advance.

Bill