[128580] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cost of transit and options in APAC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benson Schliesser)
Thu Aug 12 16:40:30 2010
From: Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net>
In-Reply-To: <20100812122647.GA5470@blackrose.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:40:20 -0500
To: Dorian Kim <dorian@blackrose.org>,
nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 12 Aug 10, at 7:26 AM, Dorian Kim wrote:
>> Sadly, I have no first-hand knowledge of these costs. How does =
in-country transport compare to trans-Pacific transport cost? (i.e. on a =
per Mbps per kilometer or similar metric) I assume it's cheaper =
in-country / in-region compared to trans-oceanic. Is this true?
>=20
> This is not an assumption you can make safely depending on the country =
and specific
> sub-region you are talking about.
That's fair; I'm not surprised to hear it. But I'm curious about the =
details. In specific cases like India and China, what is the underlying =
contributor to higher relative transport costs? (i.e. taxes, ROW fees, =
extraordinary shipping or operational costs, inadequate competition, low =
supply, greed, etc) Further, how does the situation compare to past =
examples like Europe?
I doubt the AP region is forever doomed to exchange traffic via the US, =
but can't quite anticipate change without first understanding the =
current environment. Network interconnects are designed the way they =
are, today, for a reason. If anybody has insight they can share on the =
situation I would appreciate it.
Cheers,
-Benson
