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I don't believe this is true, at least for the larger ISPs (may be the case of Universities). A friend of mine owns a small ISP in New Zealand and I've discusse

by marquis 14y ago

I don't believe this is true, at least for the larger ISPs (may be the case of Universities). A friend of mine owns a small ISP in New Zealand and I've discussed this with them as I assumed there would be a huge demand for local data centres and storage/streaming services. Right now all traffic goes out of the country and back in again - that's what should feel like a rip-off. Apparently Telecom could do this but it would require a court order or major political pressure. If this were happening now you'd see a lot more innovation in the digital space, and the experience of using the internet in NZ, in terms of streaming media etc. Netflix for example declined to startup business in NZ because of these problems. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/6045189/NZ-internet-a-deterrent-to-online-TV http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/6045189/NZ-...

lostlogin 14y ago
I live in NZ and that was true once with some ISPs. I don't know of any companies that do it now. Some stuff is unmetered - usually stuff like on demand video which they get you to pay extra for as a package.
- brendonjohn 14y ago
  Snap apparently don't charge for local traffic. I know a couple guys that work there
  - lostlogin 14y ago
    Actually, my own plan doesn't charge for VoIP data (as far as I can tell), just a fixed fee. Not that VoIP would use much.
Negitivefrags 14y ago
Yes, for residential plans they abolished the National / International pricing for a fixed rate across both, but for servers in data centers they still have National vs International pricing. For example: http://www.net24.co.nz/dedicated-servers/ http://www.net24.co.nz/dedicated-servers/ I don't know where you got the idea that all traffic goes out of the country and back in again. That is just false.
- marquis 14y ago
  >I don't know where you got the idea that all traffic goes out of the country and back in again I hope so! It's what I was told, and of course it would make no sense. I'll have to ask them to show me some hop reports. Good to hear that there is national traffic for data centres however.

by marquis 14y ago

lostlogin 14y ago

I live in NZ and that was true once with some ISPs. I don't know of any companies that do it now. Some stuff is unmetered - usually stuff like on demand video which they get you to pay extra for as a package.

brendonjohn 14y ago
Snap apparently don't charge for local traffic. I know a couple guys that work there
- lostlogin 14y ago
  Actually, my own plan doesn't charge for VoIP data (as far as I can tell), just a fixed fee. Not that VoIP would use much.

Negitivefrags 14y ago

Yes, for residential plans they abolished the National / International pricing for a fixed rate across both, but for servers in data centers they still have National vs International pricing. For example: http://www.net24.co.nz/dedicated-servers/ http://www.net24.co.nz/dedicated-servers/ I don't know where you got the idea that all traffic goes out of the country and back in again. That is just false.

marquis 14y ago
>I don't know where you got the idea that all traffic goes out of the country and back in again I hope so! It's what I was told, and of course it would make no sense. I'll have to ask them to show me some hop reports. Good to hear that there is national traffic for data centres however.