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The most cost effective thing the Australian government can do to better the experience of Australians is to subsidise hosting in Australia. The cost of hosting
by schappim 13y ago
The most cost effective thing the Australian government can do to better the experience of Australians is to subsidise hosting in Australia. The cost of hosting a server in a data centre is 2-3x the US. If you've ever been in San Francisco you'd have experienced how all the web services feel like they're running on localhost!
- jacques_chester 13y agoLast I checked, Australia only has a few international pipes operated by a cost duopoly. All traffic is charged at high rates because it can go over those very expensive lines to the US, Guam or Singapore. All it means is that the NBN will be expensive unless and until a third player enters the market ... and doesn't get immediately bought out.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoDuopoly? Who, besides Telstra, owns pipes? Optus?
- pugz 13y agoThere's PIPE Pacific Cable (PPC-1), independent of Telstra[1]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_Pacific_Cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_Pacific_Cable
- jacques_chester 13y agoLooks like I've misread the current state of supply: http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/net-capacity-down-to-wire-20130416-2hvvi.html http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/net-capacity-down... Looks more like an oligopoly of 5 companies. Australian bandwidth charges are well above international benchmarks.
- Wingman4l7 13y ago> Australian bandwidth charges are well above international benchmarks. Along with costs of mobile phone service, housing, electronics, appliances, beer, and damn near everything else.