Originally Posted by pewsey
I've been out of the networking space for many a long year now, but is that still the case ? Or does Australia have full partnership for data interchange now ?
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Yes, international transit costs are still the reason internet access costs so much here. We (Internode) have interconnect agreements with some of the larger bodies in the US (google, yahoo, MS etc...) but traffic is still too one sided for (cheap/free) peering arangements.
That and there is still only 1 viable connection to the US (Southern Cross). PIPE networks "Project Runway" might introduce some competitive pricing, but its still a good 6-12 months away.