Re: Byzantine?
"If there is a buyout, the Pacific nations will have to revert to cheaper, faster, more reliable HF telephones"
Not in the largest market (PNG). They'll just switch back to Telikom as many former Digicel subscribers have done over the last year or two.
As an aside, the fact that Digicel currently uses Huawei equipment is going to make it an expensive exercise giving the Aus antipathy to it.