[asterisk-biz] North America Internet bandwidth

[Alex Balashov]

Matt Riddell wrote:

> On 1/09/09 12:22 PM, Alex Balashov wrote:
>> Jack Chen wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to know if there is international internet bandwidth in N/A.
>>> If I am ordering a 100M dedicated bandwidth, will this link include
>>> internatinoal bandwidth and how much?
>> Internet bandwidth is Internet bandwidth.  It is not topologically
>> organised along national boundaries.
> 
> Not quite correct internationally.
> 
> Here in New Zealand we pay for national and international bandwidth.
> 
> So, we have to purchase a package for national bandwidth (i.e. 10Mbit 
> guaranteed - no cap) and a package for international bandwidth (i.e. 
> 5Mbit and 100GB cap).

The question was about North America.  My answer was implicitly scoped 
to North America.  I should have been clearer about that.

Other countries - particularly smaller and topographically isolated ones 
such as NZ - have a myriad of other arrangements.

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