nanog mailing list archives

Re: AP IX locations


From: Dorian Kim <dorian () blackrose org>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 16:50:39 -0400


On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 01:27:38PM -0700, Barry Raveendran Greene wrote:
1:1 figure for people age 18 - 60. Add these indicators to the fact that
most of the Internet market dominating companies are the old PTTs. All these
PTT (control freaks) are now Telcos (out to maximize share holder profit).
All of them took a lot of hard knocks in the early years, learned from their
mistakes, and now know where their markets are now going. So instead of
dealing with clueless Asian PTTs in 1995 you are dealing with really clueful
IP savvy Telcos in 2002. IP savvy Telcos who are members of the
trans-oceanic cable businesses and are the ones buying up the excess
capacity built by the failed "independent" trans-oceanic cable businesses.

And speaking of control.. don't expect those PTTs to give up control
(i.e. peering) in their home markets easily.

-dorian


Current thread: