[AusNOG] CloudFlare: The Relative Cost of Bandwidth Around the World

[Ben Grubb]

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.

Time for ACCC intervention?

Regards,
Ben Grubb


On 26 August 2014 23:45, Skeeve Stevens <
skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:

> I'm wondering what the differentiator will be between Bigpond and Foxtel
> Internet which they are about to launch.
>
> Telstra not peering is very *yawn* and some 20 years old news.
>
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> On 26 August 2014 23:35, Ben Grubb <bgrubb at fairfaxmedia.com.au> wrote:
>
>> I'm planning on writing about this guys for the SMH. Matt at CloudFlare
>> gave me the heads up earlier.
>>
>> If anyone feels like ranting to me about this, drop me a line :)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ben Grubb
>>
>>
>> On 26 August 2014 23:30, James Andrewartha <trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-relative-cost-of-bandwidth-around-the-world
>>> via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8226654
>>>
>>> "Australia is the most expensive region in which we operate, but for an
>>> interesting reason. We peer with virtually every ISP in the region except
>>> one: Telstra. Telstra, which controls approximately 50% of the market,
>>> and
>>> was traditionally the monopoly telecom provider, charges some of the
>>> highest transit pricing in the world — 20x the benchmark ($200/Mbps)."
>>>
>>> Not quite news, but it's still interesting to see the relative numbers.
>>>
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