<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. Consumer geared language tends to use bytes more (browsers report download speed in bytes etc) but usually at the core everyone talks bits. ethernet is 10/100/1000/10000 mbits etc. 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"><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"><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"><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"><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
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</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"><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"><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'"
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</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
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</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
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