Trans-oceanic capabilities will remain a bottleneck, but they are not as problematic as in the previous decade. Witness Tyco or any of the other folk that have cable-laying capability. Last year they had waiting lines for boats. Now the boats are idle. Too much capacity in water and no-one taking it up. (see first point above)
Transatlantic bandwidth is becoming surprisingly cheap. It's now 50% cheaper to get from New York to London than it is to get from New York to San Jose. Simon -- Simon Lockhart | Tel: +44 (0)1737 839676 Internet Engineering Manager | Fax: +44 (0)1737 839516 BBC Internet Services | Email: Simon.Lockhart@bbc.co.uk Kingswood Warren,Tadworth,Surrey,UK | URL: http://support.bbc.co.uk/