Re: UKNM: RE: UKNM Digest V1 #115

[Nick Sellors]

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:19:04 -0000,

jameswebweaver [dot] uk [dot] com

 (James Bruce)

wrote:


>Wrong! the reason that US hosting costs are lower in than the UK's is that

>the competitive picture is vastly different. Penetration of over 30% and a

>multitude of mature players keeps the costs low, whereas the UK's relatively

>modest takeup allows upstream providers to bloat their margins, this then

>feeds downstream.


Wrong!


The main reason that hosting in the US is cheaper is purely and simply

because of international bandwidth requirements and their associated

costs. I don't care if you don't believe me, because I know what I'm

talking about.


>Don't be fooled by all this bandwidth junk!!!


See .sig - I'm paid to know about this stuff.


N.

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