Good luck and God Speed

A great quote from iPrimus CEO Ravia Bhatia in an excellent* article on Computerworld:

“Demand is rising at a rate of four to five per cent a month from end users. That’s a stupendous number. By the time the proposed cable is ready in 2013, the existing cables will be close to saturation”

“No matter how much capacity you put out there, it’s going to get used up because it will stimulate applications and usage.”

It’s what we believe as well – but the challenge is now to get hard numbers, and customer orders to back them up.

Ravia demonstrated his industry experience:

Whenever a new cable is announced, all the major telcos attack it,” he said. “They’re going to attack it and try to prevent it from happening.”

..and his prescience:

Internode and iPrimus have both expressed interest in negotiating with Pacific Fibre once the company is ready to begin wholesaling capacity.

Thanks Ravia, and thanks also to journalist James Hutchinson

*excellent except for one thing:

“Southern Cross had not yet linked directly to the US mainland due to a “partner that failed to get the appropriate permits,” Wiggs wrote.”

is incorrect – I was referring to the debacle when Southern Cross had to change the landing point of their cable at the last minute (and at considerable cost) not to the ability or otherwise of them to lay a direct cable.