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> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:53:37 +0100 (WEST) > From: Carlos Friacas <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Ship seized for cutting Sri Lanka's internet link > > > > *only* internet connection? No, not exactly the -only- connection. They had some satellite-relay capacity. *LIMITED* bandwidth availability. voice or data. > if yes, here we see once again the "benefits" of having a monopoly in the > telecom industry. and a bad one it seems... even if the incumbent is the > only way out of the island, it would seem wise (not cost-driven) to have a > second cable at least connecting the island to the world... ;-) Do you have any idea of the *cost* of such a 'second cable' ? Or how _long_ it takes to install? > On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Sean Donelan wrote: > > > > > Sri Lanka's high court has ordered the seizure of an Indian cargo vessel > > which allegedly cut a submarine cable connecting the island's > > telecommunications subscribers with the rest of the world. > > > > The court ordered that the vessel, State of Nagaland, be held at the > > Colombo port where it berthed on Sunday after accidentally severing the > > cable known as the SEA-ME-WE-III with its anchor. >
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