I think everyone has pretty much known that the
international cable companies are basically cartels --
leaking bandwidth into the market at a rate sufficient
enough to keep prices artificially high enough to (at
the very least) sustain fiscal margins.
This has been going on for years.
- fergie
I completely agree. In fact, I don't like the practice any more than the
next person on NANOG. I do, however, like the idea of sustainable growth.
I think they should, in the case of the Indian intercontinental
fibre fiasco, light up another fibre or two but I don't think lighting
them /all/ up right now is a smart move. I think there's really a nasty
balance issue and the people who will most complain are the poor
end users who end up with shoddy performance and unreliable uplinks.
(ObFun: Won't someone please think of the users!)
Adrian
The FLAG FEA only has two pairs. There may be room for more wavelengths, though.
http://www.flagtelecom.com/About_Flag/about_networkchart.htm