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Re: More BW, Less Taxes
From: Joe Abley <jabley () automagic org>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 00:15:09 -0400
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 11:59:12PM -0400, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
Fooey!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?
Depends on the terrain, and the rights of way you might have to purchase, but it's not uncommon for under-sea cable to be cheaper km for km than terrestrial cable. This is especially true in sparsely-populated island countries where target markets are on the coast, and where you can drop in for regen on land to avoid having to do it under the water [1]. I have heard of people ploughing fibre into riverbeds to extend coastal under-sea networks inland, rather than doing conventional in-ground builds. Joe [1] the expensive bits of under-sea deployment are at landing points, and in the shallow waters approaching them. However, powering active optics under the water involves dropping copper into the water to carry DC, and upgrading regen equipment deployed at depth is far more annoying than doing it on land.
Current thread:
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes, (continued)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Simon Lockhart (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Alex Rubenstein (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Albert Meyer (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes bmanning (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Simon Lockhart (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes bmanning (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Simon Lockhart (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes RJ Atkinson (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Stephen J. Wilcox (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Alex Rubenstein (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Joe Abley (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Daniel Senie (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Jim Mercer (May 29)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Valdis . Kletnieks (May 29)
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- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Jim Mercer (May 30)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Christopher A. Woodfield (May 30)
- Re: More BW, Less Taxes Albert Meyer (May 30)
- RE: QOS or more bandwidth Pete Kruckenberg (May 29)
- Re: QOS or more bandwidth Eric A. Hall (May 29)