Levin, like others, said it may be a year or more before any real reform happens in the telecom arena, especially since such issues tend to get buried in a presedential election year. And Carl Wood, Commissioner at the California PUC, made some salient points about the need for regulation to protect services for lower-income users, a group that the industry can't be relied on to support without regulatory prodding. (We'll post an extended recap of Wood's and other comments later.)
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
