RE: Crazy idea!

Julien, Howard (Howard.Julien@mci.com)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 07:18:14 -0700

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Might want to go to Hawaii instead, I've heard some reasonable reports that it is becoming _the_ digital center of the universe (small u).

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From: Steve Clancy [mailto:stevie-c@technologist.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 9:39 PM To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Crazy idea! 

	Methinks I have a crazy plan!
	How about this; an underground tunnel, approx 1m across, which
would run from Melbourne, in Oz, under the seabed to California, housing optical fibre cables. 
	The distance is about 12000km give or take.
	I guesstimated that tunnelling and optical fibre costs would be
around US$2000 per metre. So that figures to be US$24G.
	I would be interested in any comments on the validity or costings
of such a scheme.
(I reckon' it could be part of a global neural net of super fast data links.)

Thanks, Steve.

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RE: Crazy idea!

Might want to go to Hawaii instead, I've heard some = reasonable reports that it is becoming _the_ digital center of the = universe (small u).

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Clancy [mailto:stevie-c@technologist.c= om]
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 9:39 PM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Crazy idea!


        Methinks I = have a crazy plan!
        How about = this; an underground tunnel, approx 1m across, which
would run from Melbourne, in Oz, under the seabed to = California, housing
optical fibre cables.
        The = distance is about 12000km give or take.
        I = guesstimated that tunnelling and optical fibre costs would be
around US$2000 per metre. So that figures to be = US$24G.
        I would = be interested in any comments on the validity or costings
of such a scheme.
(I reckon' it could be part of a global neural net = of super fast data links.)

        Thanks, = Steve.

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