>Back in the day telcos used to collaborate on laying cables and in fact owned ships.
The process seems to be no different today, as the title and the content of the article suggest, rather indicates that it has become too 'collaborative'. Furthermore, owning sea-faring vessels in the grand project of laying cables, maintain and fix problems[1] is a drop in the ocean with relation to CapEx/OpEx, compared with multitude of other factors at play[2].
The process seems to be no different today, as the title and the content of the article suggest, rather indicates that it has become too 'collaborative'. Furthermore, owning sea-faring vessels in the grand project of laying cables, maintain and fix problems[1] is a drop in the ocean with relation to CapEx/OpEx, compared with multitude of other factors at play[2].
[1] https://www.wired.co.uk/article/subsea-internet-cable-ship-b...
[2] https://www.suboptic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ThA1.5.p...