Insiders keep a very close eye on the timing, costs, and likely deployment of new planned systems.
These systems affect the price of existing capacity, as those selling bandwidth on transatlantic routes over the past several years have discovered. Include benchmark price-review clauses in conventional leasing contracts longer than 12 months. These contracts allow moves, adds, and changes to bandwidth configuration at minimal or no cost. These are valuable benefits, especially where it's hard to predict your end-user demand. Continually monitor price movements on bandwidth exchange sites, even if you don't intend to buy that way.