Depends on the exact route, but a significant number of those long haul routes are actually full (either technically full or competitively locked up), both domestic and international. Several more cables have been planned and some are completed. Submarine cables are usually owned by several telecoms.
http://cable.tmcnet.com/topics/cable/articles/52580-trans-pacific-capacity-possible-new-price-war.htm TPE (Verizon, etc.) completed Unity (Google, etc.) 1Q2010 completion AAG (AT&T, etc.) completed Allied Fiber is currently constructing Chicago - New York - Ashburn, with "plans" to do a ring around the entire country. http://dark-fiber.tmcnet.com/topics/dark-fiber/articles/71849-dark-fiber-report-big-stuff-ahead-allied-fiber.htm Also note in there that AT&T and Verizon have commited a combined $35B to build out fiber to the tower. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jeff Broadwick" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 9:33 AM To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] How does this make some of you rural guys feel? > My guess is that it has more to do with all the fiber that was laid during > the lead-up to the dot-bomb...and sold off for pennies on the dollar. > > > Regards, > > Jeff > > > Jeff Broadwick > ImageStream > 800-813-5123 x106 (US/Can) > +1 574-935-8484 x106 (Int'l) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 10:26 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] How does this make some of you rural guys feel? > > Cool. Makes me feel hopeful prices will come down. > > Brian > > On 1/2/2010 10:58 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: >> Far East Asia Promotion - International Ethernet. Get 10Mb >> connectivity from Singapore to Los Angeles for $2000. Offer expires >> January 31, 2010 >> >> Some parts within our country can't get that, yet they're going 8800 > miles. >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
