--- fergdawg@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@netzero.net wrote: From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg@netzero.net> To: deepak@ai.net Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: New TransPacific Cable Projects: Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:10:40 GMT -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- Deepak Jain <deepak@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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFG9F14q1pz9mNUZTMRAme/AJ9fltDlJax2YTvUUtYIMvMvNuDCDACbBgFm YoNGiX8ABiWEG78NBRsckAg= =GPD/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/