[AusNOG] IP Transit price collapsing

[Bevan Slattery]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-
> bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Bevan Slattery
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2011 8:37 PM
> To: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
> Subject: [AusNOG] IP Transit price collapsing
>
> Guys,
>
> Just to clarify, I've had a few emails from people asking me about my
> comment on IP transit and thinking I was smoking crack.
>
> Yes - volume IP pricing is already at the $35/Mbps/month.  Tithe price of
> international IP has absolutely collapsed in the past 18 months.  Bandwidth
> has dropped from $250/Mbps 3 years ago to $150-200/Mbps 2 years ago,
> $80-$100/Mbps 1 year ago to $35 today.  I even heard $25 mentioned to me
> this week.  Australian pricing is now getting comparable to Hong Kong.  Great
> if you run a DC and want to get cloud operators here.  Bad if you sell IP.

Just to be clear volume is around the 1G mark and this pricing is either unprotected, or has break-activate protection.  Fully protected IP does cost more.  Like all things you [generally] pay for quality and get discounts for quantity.

Peace.

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