Re: [cobalt-users] RE: UK RAQ Hosts ? UK2.NET

[Jeremy Anthony Kinsey <webmaster@xxxxxxx>]

Rocky Hetherington said:

>At 08:07 30/10/2000, you wrote:
>>They probably dont even order the Raq until they recieve the $$
>
>They ordered 1000 RaQ's up front.
>
>>And did you notice how much it costs for Additional Bandwidth?
>>£6.99 PER 1GB Per month ! What a complete scam!!
>>This is $10.14 in USD.
>
>The higher cost is usual outside of the US.  This is because the rest of us 
>subsidise the US use of the 'net.  Because traditionally the majority of 
>sites are hosted in the US, we have to pay for the transatlantic links.

Now that is a laugh... Come on, no one is subsidizing the US's 
infrastructure and bandwidth.  What that is not entirely true.. I'm 
sorry, competition and capitalism is subsidizing the US.  How do you 
figure that everyone "outside" the US is paying for transatlantic links?  
Sure the majority of the sites on the net seem to be hosted in the US, 
but we have a stronger infrastructure here.. Most 3rd world countries 
have "State owned" telcos, and there is very little competition.  Believe 
me, we pay for what we use here.  It is competition in the US that has 
fostered the unending growth of bandwidth and telco infrastructure, not 
hand outs from other countries.. No offense, but I could spend all week 
handing out a laundry list of things that the US subsidizes outside of 
our native soil.  I really take issue with this claim.
>
>As more sites are hosted outside of the US the US will no longer be 
>subsidised and will have to pay their fair share.

We already pay our fair share.  Again, the geographic location of a web 
site has nothing to do with who pays for what.  We are extremely 
competitive over here, and it is that competition, along with hard work 
that continues to the drive the markets.  
>
>It's unlikely that bandwidth will go up in the US, as bandwidth is becoming 
>cheaper all the time the rate of it becoming cheaper will merely slow, 
>while outside of the US the rate of it becoming cheaper will increase.

Sure the prices will decrease in other nations, so long as competition 
and economic growth flourish.  Couple that with strict controls on 
monopolies in the telco industry and you will see this trend continue.
>
>>  I transfer almost 40 GIGs in a month
>>on some of my servers. Do the math !!!!
>
>If i do the *Maths* it works out thus:
>
>40Gb * $10.14perGb = $405.60
>
>40Gb * £6.99perGb = £279.60 which at current exchange rates = $40586 a 
>whooping 26 cents more for UK bandwidth.
>
>The UK2net deal for bandwidth is actually pretty good.  Many places *cough* 
>like WebFusion *cough* charge about £20 per Gb.
>
We are at about $5/GB this is dictated by our costs as well as the 
market.  And when my bills come from our carriers, I fail to see any 
credits for subsidies from countries outside the US.

Regards,
Jeremy Anthony Kinsey
VP Network Operations        Colocate Your G4 Cube at cubelocation.com

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