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Cost of transit and options in APAC
- Subject: Cost of transit and options in APAC
- From: bensons at queuefull.net (Benson Schliesser)
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:03:34 -0500
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On 11 Aug 10, at 2:53 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> I think the question is more like why am I being quoted $100 A megabit
> in India for transit in India? Not why am I being charged for for the
> transport cost across the pacific.
Obviously I can't speak for the providers in question, but I'd guess that the cost for transit in AP is strongly related to the cost of long-haul transport. Once upon a time, the majority of Internet traffic in AP countries *did* originate in the US. Does anybody have data that this is changing?
Cheers,
-Benson