S. America / Brazil
The needs are to increase bandwidth.
Need A&R dedicated links, even better if had just HEP links.
For a D0 farm they need 20kbps/PC or for 30 PC need 600kbps (total available on US link is 2000kbps).
The main HEP partners are CERN & FNAL.
Unclear how much fiber/infrastructure is being put in place to the US.
- there are at least 2 international consortia Oxygen, Global Crossing are going into Brazil.
- Funding is the main problem and limits international connectivity.
The telecomm industry is being privatized, expect more competition.