*Pages 1--2 from þÿ* TABLE 7 - Trans- Ocean Fiber Optic Cable Capacity 64 Kbps Circuits CABLES Class* Cost $M 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Est. 2004 Est. TRANS - ATLANTIC (T- A) - Operational : CANTAT- 3 ** P $600 60,480 60,480 60,480 60,480 60,480 60,480 60,480 60,480 60,480 60,480 CANUS- 1 P n. a. 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 Columbus II C $404 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 PTAT 1 P $400 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 TAT 8 - retired in 2002 C $360 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 0 0 0 TAT 9 - retired in 2003 C $406 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 0 0 TAT 10 - retired in 2003 C $300 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 0 0 TAT 11 - retired in 2003 C $280 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 0 0 TAT 12/ TAT- 13 C $756 60,480 120,960 120,960 241,920 362,880 362,880 362,880 362,880 362,880 362,880 Gemini P $520 60,480 120,960 362,880 362,880 362,880 362,880 362,880 362,880 Atlantic Crossing (AC- 1) P $750 241,920 967,680 1,693,440 1,693,440 1,693,440 1,693,440 1,693,440 Columbus III C $236 120,960 120,960 120,960 120,960 120,960 120,960 Level 3 P $300 1,935,360 1,935,360 1,935,360 1,935,360 1,935,360 AC- 2 P $300 1,935,360 1,935,360 1,935,360 1,935,360 1,935,360 TAT- 14 NC $1,500 7,741,440 7,741,440 7,741,440 7,741,440 FLAG Atlantic - 1 P $1,200 1,935,360 1,935,360 1,935,360 1,935,360 Hibernia Atlantic (former 360atlantic) P $630 0 1,935,360 1,935,360 Tyco Atlantic P n. a. 5,564,160 5,564,160 5,564,160 5,564,160 Apollo Cable P $1,200 3,870,720 3,870,720 (1) Total T- A 251,370 311,850 372,330 795,690 2,005,290 6,601,770 21,842,730 21,835,170 27,580,770 27,580,770 (2) Total T- A w/ o CANTAT- 3 190,890 251,370 311,850 735,210 1,944,810 6,541,290 21,782,250 21,774,690 27,520,290 27,520,290 Growth (%) 31.7% 24.1% 135.8% 164.5% 236.3% 233.0% -0.0% 26.4% 0.0% (3) Regions 1,2,3,9 active circuits 34,265 66,196 89,511 169,568 421,510 969,913 1,014,214 1,377,050 (4) Regions 1,2,3,9 idle circuits 57,134 35,680 51,745 153,376 104,201 980,352 1,975,416 1,987,209 (5) Reported circuits = (3) + (4) 91,399 101,876 141,256 322,944 525,711 1,950,265 2,989,630 3,364,259 (6) Reported % = (5) / (2) 47.9% 40.5% 45.3% 43.9% 27.0% 29.8% 13.7% 15.5% (7) Active as % Total= (3) / (2) 18.0% 26.3% 28.7% 23.1% 21.7% 14.8% 4.7% 6.3% AMERICAS - Operational : Americas I C $268 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 22,680 TCS- 1 - retired in 2003 C $133 1,890 1,890 1,890 1,890 1,890 1,890 1,890 1,890 0 0 Taino- Carb C $17 45,360 45,360 45,360 45,360 45,360 45,360 45,360 45,360 45,360 45,360 Antillas 1 C n. a. 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 BAHAMAS II C n. a. 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 30,240 Pan American Cable System C $214 120,960 120,960 120,960 120,960 120,960 120,960 120,960 Americas II C $310 604,800 604,800 604,800 604,800 604,800 MAC P $200 241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 PAC P $365 241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 MAYA -1 C $150 90,720 90,720 90,720 90,720 90,720 360americas (former Atlantic- 1) P n. a. 241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 SAC P $700 483,840 483,840 483,840 483,840 483,840 ARCOS- 1 P $285 181,440 181,440 181,440 181,440 SAm- 1 P $900 483,840 483,840 483,840 483,840 Bahamas Internet Cable Network P n. a. 362,880 362,880 362,880 362,880 (1) Total Americas 69,930 69,930 115,290 236,250 236,250 2,141,370 3,169,530 3,169,530 3,167,640 3,167,640 Growth (%) 0.0% 64.9% 104.9% 0.0% 806.4% 48.0% 0.0% -0.1% 0.0% (2) Total Americas (without 24,570 24,570 69,930 190,890 190,890 2,096,010 3,124,170 3,124,170 3,122,280 3,122,280 Taino- Carb cable)) (3) Regions 4, 5, 6 active circuits 9,693 11,179 16,397 20,539 26,442 60,772 167,470 117,244 (4) Regions 4, 5, 6 idle circuits 10,249 7,981 8,302 11,845 11,081 38,539 134,931 248,607 (5) Reported circuits = (3) + (4) 19,942 19,160 24,699 32,384 37,523 99,311 302,401 365,851 (6) Reported % = (5) / (2) 81.2% 78.0% 35.3% 17.0% 19.7% 4.7% 9.7% 11.7% (7) Active as % Total= (3) / (2) 39.5% 45.5% 23.4% 10.8% 13.9% 2.9% 5.4% 3.8% Page 33 1 TABLE 7 - Trans- Ocean Fiber Optic Cable Capacity 64 Kbps Circuits CABLES Class* Cost ($ M) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 . 2000. 2001 2002 2003 Est. 2004 Est. TRANS - PACIFIC (T- P) - Operational: HAW 4/ TPC 3 - retired in 2003 C $601 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 0 0 NPC P n. a. 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 17,010 TPC 4 C $408 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 HAW- 5 C $152 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 15,120 PacRimEast C $280 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 PacRimWest C $282 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 7,560 TPC 5 C $1,348 0 120,960 120,960 241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 PC- 1 P $1,200 967,680 967,680 967,680 967,680 967,680 967,680 Guam- Philippines NC n. a. 120,960 120,960 120,960 120,960 120,960 120,960 China- U. S. Cable Network NC $1,100 967,680 967,680 967,680 967,680 967,680 Southern Cross **** C $800 241,920 967,680 1,814,400 2,903,040 2,903,040 Japan- U. S. Cable Network NC $1,000 967,680 967,680 967,680 967,680 Australia- Japan Cable (Guam) NC $350 967,680 967,680 967,680 967,680 Tyco Pacific P $1,700 5,564,160 5,564,160 (1) Total T- P 69,930 190,890 190,890 311,850 1,400,490 2,610,090 5,271,210 6,117,930 12,763,170 12,763,170 Growth (%) 172.97% 0.00% 63.37% 349.09% 86.37% 101.96% 134.40% 108.62% 0.00% (2) Regions 7,8 active circuits 17,798 32,716 50,537 60,339 144,475 302,339 542,683 663,064 (3) Regions 7,8 idle circuits 27,830 29,501 32,711 54,433 49,065 150,590 341,514 807,274 (4) Reported circuits = (2) + (3) 45,628 62,217 83,248 114,772 193,540 452,929 884,197 1,470,338 (5) Reported % = (4) / (1) 65.2% 32.6% 43.6% 36.8% 13.8% 17.4% 16.8% 24.0% (6) Active as % Total= (2) / (1) 25.5% 17.1% 26.5% 19.3% 10.3% 11.6% 10.3% 10.8% ALL REGIONS - (4) Total Available Capacity 285,390 466,830 572,670 1,237,950 3,536,190 11,247,390 30,177,630 31,016,790 43,405,740 43,405,740 Growth (%) 63.58% 22.67% 116.17% 185.65% 218.07% 168.31% 2.78% 39.94% 0.00% (5) Total Non- Common Carrier 64,260 64,260 124,740 427,140 2,483,460 9,257,220 27,461,700 27,461,700 38,831,940 38,831,940 Cables (consortium & private) (6) Total 43.82 Reported Active 61,756 110,091 156,445 250,446 592,427 1,333,024 1,724,367 2,157,358 circuits (7) Total 43.82 Reported Idle 95,213 73,162 92,758 219,654 164,347 1,169,481 2,451,861 3,043,090 circuits (8) Total Reported circuits 156,969 183,253 249,203 470,100 756,774 2,502,505 4,176,228 5,200,448 (9) Total Reported active circuits 21.6% 23.6% 27.3% 20.2% 16.8% 11.9% 5.7% 7.0% as % total ( (6)/( 4) ) (10) Total Reported active & idle 55.0% 39.3% 43.5% 38.0% 21.4% 22.2% 13.8% 16.8% circuits as % total = (8)/( 4) (11) Non- Common Carrier Cables 22.5% 13.8% 21.8% 34.5% 70.2% 82.3% 91.0% 88.5% 89.5% 89.5% as % of total capacity = (5)/( 4) * Class : "C" = Common Carrier Cable, "NC" = Non- Common Carrier Consortium Cable, and "P" = Private Cable. * * CANTAT- 3 is a Canadian cable. Because there is little information on the U. S. carriers' ownership, we excluded CANTAT- 3 in our total reported % calculation. * * * Taino- Carb cable only connects from Puerto Rico to the U. S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands (basically serves as a hub). We therefore excluded this cable in our reported % calculation. * * * * Southern Cross Cable was built with a different design than its original license application, and its capacity has been expanded 10 times from its initial capacity. See http:// www. southerncrosscables. com Conversion Ratio Used: 1 T- 1 Circuit = 24 64 Kbps Circuits 1 STM Circuit = 3 DS- 3s = 63 E- 1s = 1,890 64 Kbps Circuits 1 E- 1 Circuit = 30 64 Kbps Circuits 5 Gbps = 2,016 E1s = 60,480 64 Kbps Circuits DS- 3 Circuit = 21 E- 1s = 630 64 Kbps Circuits 10 Gbps = OC 192 = 4,032 E1s = 120,960 64 Kbps Circuits Page 34 2