New TransPacific Cable Projects:

Sat Sep 22 04:08:20 UTC 2007

--- fergdawg at netzero.net wrote: -----
: Historically, representatives of these organizations 
: meet once a year on the golf course in Hawaii to 
: determine who to sell to.

Which course would that be?  I'd pay the $200+ to play at the same time...  ;-)

scott

--- fergdawg at netzero.net wrote:

From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg at netzero.net>
To: deepak at ai.net
Cc: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: Re: New TransPacific Cable Projects:
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:10:40 GMT

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- -- Deepak Jain <deepak at ai.net> wrote:

>If I were a stakeholder in transpacific cables, I'd be leasing up the 
next 3-6 years of the entire global cable laying fleet. :)
>

The people that have invested in global fiber operate much like a
cartel -- leaking the capacity into the market to keep prices
artificially high, much like the DeBeers family & diamonds. :-)

Historically, representatives of these organizations meet once a
year on the golf course in Hawaii to determine who to sell to.

It would be nice to see some new faces in that game -- maybe it
would help leverage the market a bit.

- - ferg

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