In light of a seeming reluctance on the part of the government to disclose what the final cost of the fiber optic cable from Brazil will be, a senior economist in Guyana has pegged that project cost at about US$35M.But the government in the 2010 Budget has said that some US$44M has been earmarked for the project.The economist who spoke with this newspaper on the basis of anonymity said that if one were to check the allocations over the past two years, coupled with the fact that such a project takes around three years,Cheap China Jerseys, it is safe to surmise that two-thirds of the money has been allocated.Leader of the Opposition, Robert Corbin,Cheap Jerseys From China, has been questioning the rationale behind such a project. He said that his criticism was based on the fact that the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has already undertaken such an initiative.Corbin said that the fact the government is still forging ahead with the project indicates an intention to be able to compete with the private sector as well as manipulate the sector.Opposition Parliamentarian, Aubrey Norton,Wholesale Jerseys, has also been critical of the project, saying the money could be best spent elsewhere,China NFL Jerseys, since GT&T has expended US$30M to land a submarine fibre optic cable in Guyana which would meet necessary needs.“The additional information about moving from Lethem to Linden, Linden to Providence, Providence to Georgetown, linking in from Moleson Creek to Charity – (those) finite costs have not been arrived at as yet,” Dr Roger Luncheon said during a recent press briefing at the Presidential Complex in Georgetown.The government has said that the intention of the project is to set up a fibre optic networking system from Georgetown to Lethem, construct a central data centre in Georgetown and set up a wireless and terrestrial network from Moleson Creek to Charity.“I think we are much stronger with what our intentions are and what steps have been taken to further those intentions…costings (sic) I am less familiar,” Dr Luncheon stated.Budgetary allocations to the project pegs it at some US$44M,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, with funding coming from China and India,Cheap NBA Jerseys China, the government had stated.