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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: More BW, Less Taxes
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 11:59:12PM -0400, Alex Rubenstein wrote: > > If you're across an ocean from the US, you have to factor in the cost of > > running underwater cable. > > If that is the case, why is it almost the same cost, if not more > expensive, to get a LA<>NY OC3 then a NY<>LND STM1? i would imagine that the cost of trenching across a continent is somewhat more labour intensive than reeling cable out of the back of a boat. although slicing a cable break in the desert of Nevada is probably less labour intensive than hauling a cable up in the middle of the atlantic. but then again, there are probably far fewer errant backhoes in the atlantic. -- [ Jim Mercer [email protected] +1 416 410-5633 ] [ Now with more and longer words for your reading enjoyment. ]
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