Crazy idea!

From: Steve Clancy (stevie-c@technologist.com)
Date: Wed Nov 11 1998 - 21:39:03 MST

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        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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