[asterisk-biz] Colocated Asterisk Server

[John van Oppen]

You guys are forgetting that 2 amps in the US is equal to 1 amp in the EU since the standard delivery voltage is higher in the EU.    We might want to discuss this in watts to avoid the confusion.

I know of lots of colos here in the US who would charge per amp for a single box, who in their right mind would pay for a 20 amp circuit to a single box?   Entire circuits are the norm on both continents for cabinets.


John van Oppen
Spectrum Networks LLC
206.973.8302 (Direct)
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-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Igor Hernandez
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:24 AM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Colocated Asterisk Server

Ouch. The operational cost of voip providers in Europe must be pretty
high compared to ours.

Is it like that everywhere in Europe or just the UK?

Chris Bagnall wrote:
>> Well, that's not necessarily true.  Yes, of course you're going to add
>> some latency, but it doesn't have to be too much.  It all depends on how
>> the US data center is peered.  If it's peered with primarily Tier 1
>> backbones that privately haul trans-Atlantic traffic and go back to
>> LINX, Redbus, etc. in London, you're pretty well off.
> 
> I was thinking specifically of the scenario where one might have PSTN termination in the UK, customers in the UK, but phone servers in the US. You'd have the latency of the customer's (usually *DSL) connection to the US, then the (hopefully much lower) latency back to the PSTN provider in the UK. I doubt you'd be able to do it under 100ms end-to-end.
> 
> As you rightly point out, if you can sidestep handling media, the situation would be much improved.
> 
>> I believe we're paying around $5/amp here in the US. Which is not
>> unreasonable I think.
> 
> To give you an idea how different it is over here, Telehouse Europe charge £32 + VAT per amp over the inclusive power allowance (for Telehouse East, Docklands, anyway). I think most of that goes not on providing the extra power - that's easy - but on the extra cooling the increased power consumption requires.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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