[asterisk-biz] IAX2 ATA with 4-8 FXS ports

[Stephen Davies]

On 21/11/06, Mike Hammett <asterisk-biz at ics-il.net> wrote:
> I was referring more for the servers, which should be in datacenters where
> the bandwidth would them be much cheaper than available in the rest of the
> country, irrespective of where you are.  I also don't only do business in
> the USA, but also Europe and Asia\India.  I am aware that other areas are
> more expensive than the areas I mentioned, however.  I'd say be glad you're
> in South Africa and not Zaire or some other country without a whole bunch of
> landing stations.

HI Mike,

Sorry - hot button.  We pay about $12.50 per gigabyte for bandwidth in
our colocation racks, $12,500 for a terabyte.  How does that compare
to the US?  This is a very good price for "tier one" bandwidth in SA
(strictly speaking, it comes from a tier-two provider who is
multi-100baseT connected to VerizonBusiness).

For the record, there are many countries in Africa where bandwidth is
quite a bit cheaper.  We still suffer under an in-practice monopoly.

My point, really - is just: Digium and other vendors: please please
remember that in many countries bandwidth is scarce and expensive.

Steve