Re: Lessons from the AU model

[Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc () internode com au>]

> Southern Cross cost some US $1B to construct about a decade ago 
RFS was Nov 2001.  They full paid the debt from a US$1.3B cost of 
construction in Oct 2005.
(see 
http://www.southerncrosscables.com/public/News/newsdetail.cfm?StoryID=14)

So, they're making some VERY decent money out of the duopoly with AJC.

Hence why Telstra's building their OWN cable to Hawaii.   It's cheaper 
to build than buy!

MMC

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