<div dir="ltr"><div>Is it time that interconnection be regulated? Clearly CloudFlare shows Australia up as horrible place for start-ups and content players when you have to pay what is effectively a "Telstra tax" to service 50% of the market (Telstra's customers) with a satisfactory experience that then drives up the cost of your product for your customers.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Time for ACCC intervention?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards,</div><div>Ben Grubb</div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 August 2014 23:45, Skeeve Stevens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com" target="_blank">skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I'm wondering what the differentiator will be between Bigpond and Foxtel Internet which they are about to launch.<div>
<br></div><div>Telstra not peering is very *yawn* and some 20 years old news.</div></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 26 August 2014 23:35, Ben Grubb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bgrubb@fairfaxmedia.com.au" target="_blank">bgrubb@fairfaxmedia.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
<div dir="ltr">I'm planning on writing about this guys for the SMH. Matt at CloudFlare gave me the heads up earlier.<div><br></div><div>If anyone feels like ranting to me about this, drop me a line :)</div><div><br></div>
<div>It's really interesting IMO, especially considering it's in Telstra's best interest with its 50% stake in Foxtel to keep content players like Netflix away. Only way to do that is by charging them ridiculous transit fees.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards,</div><div>Ben Grubb</div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 August 2014 23:30, James Andrewartha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trs80@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au" target="_blank">trs80@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<a href="http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-relative-cost-of-bandwidth-around-the-world" target="_blank">http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-relative-cost-of-bandwidth-around-the-world</a><br>
via <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226654" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226654</a><br>
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"Australia is the most expensive region in which we operate, but for an<br>
interesting reason. We peer with virtually every ISP in the region except<br>
one: Telstra. Telstra, which controls approximately 50% of the market, and<br>
was traditionally the monopoly telecom provider, charges some of the<br>
highest transit pricing in the world — 20x the benchmark ($200/Mbps)."<br>
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Not quite news, but it's still interesting to see the relative numbers.<br>
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