Sri Lanka's high court has ordered the seizure of an Indian cargo vessel which allegedly cut a submarine cable connecting the island's telecommunications subscribers with the rest of the world. The court ordered that the vessel, State of Nagaland, be held at the Colombo port where it berthed on Sunday after accidentally severing the cable known as the SEA-ME-WE-III with its anchor.
*only* internet connection? 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... ;-) On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Sean Donelan wrote:
Sri Lanka's high court has ordered the seizure of an Indian cargo vessel which allegedly cut a submarine cable connecting the island's telecommunications subscribers with the rest of the world.
The court ordered that the vessel, State of Nagaland, be held at the Colombo port where it berthed on Sunday after accidentally severing the cable known as the SEA-ME-WE-III with its anchor.
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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