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Usage-based Internet billing: a global comparison
- jacques_chester 16y agoAustralia's case has a simple cause: there are very few pipes that connect Australia with the world and currently, they controlled by just 2 providers. A third one is coming (PIPE networks), but right now the entire economics of internet traffic in Australia is driven by the duopolistic cost of transpacific connectivity. In fact, traffic costs are why I host all my stuff in the USA. I can get price-comparable stuff here in Australia on everything except traffic -- often by a factor of 10:1.
- jbri 16y agoInteresting that New Zealand does have some unlimited-traffic option, given that (AFAIK) all our global traffic flows through Australia anyway.
- jacques_chester 16y agoNope. A lot of traffic actually goes via NZ.