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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">If you can get 100/40 with 1TB of
      bandwidth from internode for $164.95.<br>
      Do you really need to bother with a datacenter? ;-><br>
      Put one set of servers at my place and another at the bosses, and
      call it done lol.<br>
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      It would be rather more environmentally friendly at least.<br>
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      </span>On 27/08/12 11:38, Zone Networks - Joel wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Don’t
            get me wrong, I fully understand the size of our country and
            the cost involved in building the infrastructure… </span><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">And
            I don’t expect us to be as cheap as USA/EU, hopefully we
            never are, but if $40B is going to be spent than one would
            expect they to be some change in the market for the better…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"
                lang="EN-US"> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf
                  Of </b>Martin - StudioCoast<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 26 August 2012 7:35 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Server BW limits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According
              to the financial statements of Australia's biggest
              carrier, selling transit at cost would be around a 1/3rd
              of the price it is at the moment.<br>
              That's a long long way from any sort of pricing parity
              with the EU or US. <br>
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              If I dig up the ground and installed a fibre ring between
              Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane my potential market is a
              mere 10th of that of a similar sized link within the US.<br>
              The European market is twice the size of the US which
              explains somewhat explains the pricing difference there.<br>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">On 26/08/2012 5:07 PM, Zone Networks -
            Joel wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
              cant see how the gang of 4 will allow transit price to
              fall domestically for it to even come close to US pricing,
              EU pricing is even cheaper than US</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Yes
              I agree the transit pricing has fallen in the past 2-3
              years, but to my “limited” knowledge it was due to
              competition for international links that saw price
              reduction on southern cross</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Can
              someone “pls explain” how we can see domestic transit
              price falling even with the help of NBN  ?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Joel</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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