Oh, I should answer your other question. Go read: http://blog.fastmail.com/2014/12/15/security-confidentiality/ http://blog.fastmail.com/2014/12/15/security-co

Oh, I should answer your other question. Go read: http://blog.fastmail.com/2014/12/15/security-confidentiality/ http://blog.fastmail.com/2014/12/15/security-confidentiality... And then read: http://blog.fastmail.com/2014/12/10/security-availability/ http://blog.fastmail.com/2014/12/10/security-availability/ In short - the datacentres in the USA are insanely cheaper than Australia, they speak English (well enough, and you can learn the accent from TV), they have clueful staff, you can buy equipment cheaply in country and have it shipped to your datacentre quickly... lots of little things. It's why we've moved the European datacentre to Amsterdam as well - it was that or London for price, language, availability of equipment.