<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm not sure what country you are comparing your bandwidth prices to, but you can buy high quality transit from Tier 1 providers for $15/Mb.<div><br></div><div>Also it doesn't make any logical sense at all to think that you use bytes rather than bits to communicate the total data transfer, it is simply a difference in units which at the end of the day should represent the same volume no matter what what you are talking about. &nbsp;Consumer geared language tends to use bytes more (browsers report download speed in bytes etc) but usually at the core everyone talks bits. &nbsp;ethernet is 10/100/1000/10000 mbits etc. &nbsp;If you called up a Verizon/ATT/NTT/Level 3 rep and asked them for a price on 100 mBytes/sec link they would likely send you over to their consumer DSL department until you figured out what you wanted.</div><div><br><div><div>On May 21, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Moshe Maeir wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <tt>Sam is using the right term!<br> <br> When you get a MB in bandwidth you are getting 1 mega<u>bit </u>per second<br> <br> If you are talking about total dats transfer then of course it is mega<u>bytes<br> <br> </u>60 dollars is cheap, but not really, it depends on quantity and quality<br> <br> For more info <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_%28computing%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_%28computing%29</a><br> <br> </tt><br> Nitzan Kon wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:119101.29605.qm@web50710.mail.re2.yahoo.com" type="cite">  <pre wrap="">They're talking Mega Bit Per Second (MBPS). That's what threw 
me off originally too!

--- On Wed, 5/21/08, Tim Panton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thp@westhawk.co.uk">&lt;thp@westhawk.co.uk></a> wrote:

  </pre>  <blockquote type="cite">    <pre wrap="">From: Tim Panton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thp@westhawk.co.uk">&lt;thp@westhawk.co.uk></a>
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Colocation and Bandwidth in HK
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">&lt;asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com></a>
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 1:00 PM
Now I'm very confused.

Are we talking Mega Bytes ?
or Mega Bytes Per Second ?
Mega Bytes per month ?
or something else again?

T.

On 21 May 2008, at 04:08, Dome Charoenyost wrote:

    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <pre wrap="">60 Usd / Mbps is cheap if you compare in thailand.
Now i pay 600 Usd / Mbps (For good Quality
      </pre>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">International Link)
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <pre wrap="">Dome C.

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:45 AM, Sam Tam
      </pre>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:samtam888@gmail.com">&lt;samtam888@gmail.com></a> wrote:
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <pre wrap="">Mbit
Yes that the price in HK, HK is unlike USA or UK
        </pre>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">and many Europe  
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <pre wrap="">countries
where bandwidth price is still quite costly.
However it is still one of the cheapest place in
        </pre>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">Asia to get  
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <pre wrap="">bandwidth
Sam

-----Original Message-----
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com">mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] On
        </pre>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">Behalf Of Nitzan  
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <pre wrap="">Kon
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:28 AM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
        </pre>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">Discussion
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <pre wrap="">Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Colocation and
        </pre>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">Bandwidth in HK
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <pre wrap="">$60 per *MB*? is that a typo?

--- On Tue, 5/20/08, Sam Tam
        </pre>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:samtam888@gmail.com">&lt;samtam888@gmail.com></a> wrote:
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <blockquote type="cite">          <pre wrap="">From: Sam Tam <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:samtam888@gmail.com">&lt;samtam888@gmail.com></a>
Subject: [asterisk-biz]  Colocation and
          </pre>        </blockquote>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">Bandwidth in HK
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <blockquote type="cite">          <pre wrap="">To: "'Commercial and
          </pre>        </blockquote>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'"
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">&lt;asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com></a>
        </pre>        <blockquote type="cite">          <pre wrap="">Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 12:14 PM
We have just rent a few racks from a small
          </pre>        </blockquote>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">Hong Kong based
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <blockquote type="cite">          <pre wrap="">Datacenter.
If anyone require off-site backup or adding
          </pre>        </blockquote>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">servers in Hong
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <blockquote type="cite">          <pre wrap="">Kong then you
are welcomed to email me off the list to
          </pre>        </blockquote>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">discuss the
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <blockquote type="cite">          <pre wrap="">detail.

Price per U is $35 USD and bandwidth is $60
          </pre>        </blockquote>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">USD per mb.
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <blockquote type="cite">          <pre wrap="">Price included APC remote reboot switch and
          </pre>        </blockquote>      </blockquote>    </blockquote>    <pre wrap="">limited usage
    </pre>    <blockquote type="cite">      <blockquote type="cite">        <blockquote type="cite">          <pre wrap="">on KVM over IP>




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