<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>There has never been that much money in straight out whitespace or small rack counts. Now with big players moving in (Azure, Rackspace, Amazon etc) the cheap whitespace has been gobbled up in volume deals. Datacentre providers are therefore looking at increasing their value per square metre on their remaining space and consequently angling towards providing more managed value add additions. For small commits with no value add for them they start increasing the base price and price to what the market will pay. Conversely if you sign up for their value add services you will find racks and IPs start going down quickly ("bundling").</div><div><br></div><div>Just my 2c,</div><div><br></div><div>Stu<br><br><br></div><div><br>On 21 Jul 2015, at 11:43 am, Burt Mascareigne <<a href="mailto:burt@prioritycomputer.com.au">burt@prioritycomputer.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is it me, or has the prices for a rack flown through the roof here in Sydney.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I remember ages ago, we got a full 2KW rack, 50mb transit and a nice /26 and off we go, that was TPG here in Global Switch Syd.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now, I get 20mn, same KW, and a /28 for the same price, 2K<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have I missed something, what’s hiking the price, IPs? Transit? I can’t imagine as time goes on transit will get more expensive, unless I am being naïve.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Even Vocus is being a pain.<o:p></o:p></p>
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