On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 10:22:32AM -0800, matthew zeier
wrote:
> Looking for anyone who has experience deploying a
network in China. I'm
> getting 1500RMB/Mbps with a 10Mbps commit that I'm
already bumping up
> against.
>
> Moving to 20Mbps is going to drop me to 1200RMB/Mbps or
about $3400 USD
> a month which seems excessive compared to my US pricing
(or even what
> I'm seeing in Amsterdam).
>
> Are these prices what others see? Where can I get
better pricing?
It's been a year or so since I did anything in China, but
that sounds like
about right. Political factors in China are a major factor
in pricing, but
there's also the fact that across most of SE Asia and
Oceania transit is
expensive. The central control of most/all network
infrastructure over
there adds a lot of cost and inefficiency, and (although
it's not a pleasant
sentiment) I'm pretty sure there's an element of
"fleece the foreigner" in
the pricing. I'm told (very unofficially) that
wholly-Chinese owned
companies can get significant bandwidth discounts, but I
don't have any
numbers there.
If you're deploying in China without significant experience
there I'm
assuming you're doing it to capture the local market rather
than to serve an
international audience, so you could try explaining that
your traffic is all
country-internal (won't hit the really expensive
international links) to get
a discount. It didn't work for us, but you might have
better luck. <grin>
- Matt
--
The hypothalamus is one of the most important parts of the
brain, involved
in many kinds of motivation, among other functions. The
hypothalamus
controls the "Four F's": 1. fighting; 2. fleeing;
3. feeding; and 4. mating.
-- Psychology professor in neuropsychology intro course
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