Ship seized for cutting Sri Lanka's internet link

Tue Aug 24 13:02:48 UTC 2004

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:53:37 BST, Carlos Friacas said:

> 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... ;-)

And make sure the two landing stations are on opposite sides of the island.

But even then you can't win - I seem to recall that Sri Lanka has a small
problem with rebels - who could conceivably end up controlling one of
the stations.....
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