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$350 a month for an unmetered 1 gbps connection? That is cheaper than you can get it at a colo. Anyone want to get an apartment there with me and split the cost

by ewams 15y ago

$350 a month for an unmetered 1 gbps connection? That is cheaper than you can get it at a colo. Anyone want to get an apartment there with me and split the cost? Contact in profile. Nooga Apartment Colo servers :)

ceejayoz 15y ago
The colo likely comes with an SLA, though.
jonknee 15y ago
Location, location, location.
wmf 15y ago
Related analysis from 2008: "a radical suggestion: rather than design and develop massive data centers with 15 year lives, let’s incrementally purchase condominiums (just-in-time) and place a small number of systems in each." http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2008/04/06/DiseconomiesOfScale.aspx http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2008/04/06/DiseconomiesOfSc...
xiaoma 15y ago
That's literally 10 times what a similar service costs in Hong Kong. Tokyo also has a gbps offering for about 60USD/month. I really don't understand why this keeps getting submitted to HN. Yes, it's a good connection, but it's nothing amazing and it's ridiculously expensive.
- patrickyeon 15y ago
  In North America it's a big deal. Smaller, denser areas [Japanese cities] make it easier to afford rolling out networks. Younger infrastructures [the Nordic countries with 100Mbit to each home, IIRC] took the opportunity to roll out a more advanced infrastructure when they could. Here in NA, the incumbents are perfectly happy charging us for slower speeds over cable or ancient twisted pairs, with no need to invest in new infrastructure.
  - yellowbkpk 15y ago
    You can't use the population density argument when places like New York and Chicago have the same options as rural Iowa.
    - muhfuhkuh 15y ago
      You'll find that US broadband/technology/cell-network/healthcare/alt-energy apologists trot out every excuse and make pretzel-twisting arguments for other first world countries having arguably superior things than we do. Some of the arguments are valid (we're a really geographically big country), but some are specious. My favorite is "because such-and-such place has a monoculture while we are a melting pot". Huh? How in God's name would that prevent us from getting high speed rail or gigE internet? So, because people have different colors and beliefs, we can't get broadband coast to coast? That just doesn't make any sense. Another is the "our government is corrupt/monopolistic/fascist/corporatist/name-your-own-damning-description". So, if there's corruption, there must be somewhere we can ram through gigE speeds through back-alley deals and nepotistic dealings like (supposedly) Hong Kong.
    - patrickyeon 15y ago
      Just the first Google results: New York (City): http://www.fiberexperts.com/new-york-fios.html http://www.fiberexperts.com/new-york-fios.html Iowa: http://www.fiberexperts.com/iowa-fios.html http://www.fiberexperts.com/iowa-fios.html

by ewams 15y ago

ceejayoz 15y ago

The colo likely comes with an SLA, though.

jonknee 15y ago

Location, location, location.

wmf 15y ago

Related analysis from 2008: "a radical suggestion: rather than design and develop massive data centers with 15 year lives, let’s incrementally purchase condominiums (just-in-time) and place a small number of systems in each." http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2008/04/06/DiseconomiesOfScale.aspx http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2008/04/06/DiseconomiesOfSc...

xiaoma 15y ago

That's literally 10 times what a similar service costs in Hong Kong. Tokyo also has a gbps offering for about 60USD/month. I really don't understand why this keeps getting submitted to HN. Yes, it's a good connection, but it's nothing amazing and it's ridiculously expensive.

patrickyeon 15y ago
In North America it's a big deal. Smaller, denser areas [Japanese cities] make it easier to afford rolling out networks. Younger infrastructures [the Nordic countries with 100Mbit to each home, IIRC] took the opportunity to roll out a more advanced infrastructure when they could. Here in NA, the incumbents are perfectly happy charging us for slower speeds over cable or ancient twisted pairs, with no need to invest in new infrastructure.
- yellowbkpk 15y ago
  You can't use the population density argument when places like New York and Chicago have the same options as rural Iowa.
  - muhfuhkuh 15y ago
    You'll find that US broadband/technology/cell-network/healthcare/alt-energy apologists trot out every excuse and make pretzel-twisting arguments for other first world countries having arguably superior things than we do. Some of the arguments are valid (we're a really geographically big country), but some are specious. My favorite is "because such-and-such place has a monoculture while we are a melting pot". Huh? How in God's name would that prevent us from getting high speed rail or gigE internet? So, because people have different colors and beliefs, we can't get broadband coast to coast? That just doesn't make any sense. Another is the "our government is corrupt/monopolistic/fascist/corporatist/name-your-own-damning-description". So, if there's corruption, there must be somewhere we can ram through gigE speeds through back-alley deals and nepotistic dealings like (supposedly) Hong Kong.
  - patrickyeon 15y ago
    Just the first Google results: New York (City): http://www.fiberexperts.com/new-york-fios.html http://www.fiberexperts.com/new-york-fios.html Iowa: http://www.fiberexperts.com/iowa-fios.html http://www.fiberexperts.com/iowa-fios.html