On 8/11/10 2:03 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote:
On 11 Aug 10, at 2:53 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
I think the question is more like why am I being quoted $100 A megabit in India for transit in India? Not why am I being charged for for the transport cost across the pacific.
Obviously I can't speak for the providers in question, but I'd guess that the cost for transit in AP is strongly related to the cost of long-haul transport.
Start with something that can be effectively isolated from the transpacific path. Gotten a quote for a 1Gbe or 10Gbe between two cities in India recently? map that onto what you'd pay for a similar path in the US, count the extra zeros (once you account for the fact that INR is 46.91 to the dollar).
Once upon a time, the majority of Internet traffic in AP countries *did* originate in the US. Does anybody have data that this is changing?
Cheers, -Benson