Re: Current street prices for US Internet Transit

[Fredy Kuenzler <kuenzler () init7 net>]

William B. Norton wrote:

>         The Cost of Internet Transit in…
> Commit          AU      SG      JP      HK      USA
> 1 Mbps          $720    $625    $490    $185    $125
> 10 Mbps         $410    $350    $150    $100    $80
> 100 Mbps        $325    $210    $110    $80     $45
> 1000 Mbps       $305    $115    $50     $50     $30

As mentioned before, Europe is about the same as US.

With these US street prices in mind, how can anyone justify paying
prices of some commercial exchanges (the last offer I got from PAIX Palo
Alto was USD 5500 per month for a FE port about a year ago, and Equinix
Ashburn was not much cheaper). Please note: I'm not talking of the
technical advantages of peering.

Fredy Künzler
Init Seven AG, AS13030