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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: connectivity outside the US
Hello Jesse, > Undersea capacity is expensive for 3 reasons: > 1) It's under the ocean > 2) It's under the ocean > 3) It's under the ocean Actually, based on first hand experience, the cost of installing a oceanic cable is _not_ the driving factor that makes oceanic bandwidth so expensive. The key factors involve the relationship between the partners of any one of the cable consortiums. Each of the partners are telcos. Telcos who compete with each other in the region do not have each other's interest at heart. Hence, when they set the prices for the cable capacity, the prices get jacked up. When ever one telco mis-forecasts and runs out of capacity on a cable, the other "partners" jack up their prices even further and sell it to the unfortunate "partner" who ran out of capacity. These pricing games between the telcos over oceanic bandwidth is one of the key factors for the high cost end customers experience. The problem with all of this is there is little information available that explains how oceanic bandwidth politics. This is why we've got a couple of blocked out sessions during APRICOT that covers oceanic and space segment (satellite) technology and politics. IMHO - Education is the best weapon to lowering the cost of oceanic bandwidth. Barry -- -- -- Barry Raveendran Greene | || || | Senior Consultant | || || | Consulting Engineering | |||| |||| | tel: +65 738-5535 ext 235 | ..:||||||:..:||||||:.. | e-mail: [email protected] | c i s c o S y s t e m s |
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