Comments on: Govt goes blog http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/ Writings on technology and society from Wellington, New Zealand Wed, 02 May 2012 08:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jamie http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-184 jamie Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:07:24 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/#comment-184 I meant the digitalfuture blog... I meant the digitalfuture blog…

]]> By: colin http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-183 colin Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:14:04 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/#comment-183 <p>Jamie's quite right to point out that the govt's digitalfuture blog is hosted in the US. So is this blog, so I can't complain too loudly! Even so, I think it's a bit on the nose for govt to host offshore.</p> <p>And the reason I host offshore is, quite simply, the risk of a high bill due to low traffic caps. This is made all the more ironic by the fact that the reason often given for data caps is paying for the Southern Cross. This is a New Zealand blog with a mainly NZ audience, but if I host it here I pay by the byte for the Southern Cross cable which I'm not using, and if I host in in the US I don't pay for it even though I'm using it! Depeering drives up local prices further. I've discussed this problem on air before. </p> <p>But fear of bill shock shouldn't be quite such an issue for a government department as it is for an individual. It would be good to see government putting its money where its mouth is on this one. </p> Jamie’s quite right to point out that the govt’s digitalfuture blog is hosted in the US. So is this blog, so I can’t complain too loudly! Even so, I think it’s a bit on the nose for govt to host offshore.

And the reason I host offshore is, quite simply, the risk of a high bill due to low traffic caps. This is made all the more ironic by the fact that the reason often given for data caps is paying for the Southern Cross. This is a New Zealand blog with a mainly NZ audience, but if I host it here I pay by the byte for the Southern Cross cable which I’m not using, and if I host in in the US I don’t pay for it even though I’m using it! Depeering drives up local prices further. I’ve discussed this problem on air before.

But fear of bill shock shouldn’t be quite such an issue for a government department as it is for an individual. It would be good to see government putting its money where its mouth is on this one.

]]> By: Jamie http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Jamie Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:33:56 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/#comment-182 I find somewhat ironic that this blog is not hosted in NZ. A excellent case of walk not matching talk. jamie I find somewhat ironic that this blog is not hosted in NZ. A excellent case of walk not matching talk.

jamie

]]> By: colin http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-142 colin Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:03:26 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/#comment-142 Fixed, thanks. Fixed, thanks.

]]> By: Peter Lynch http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Peter Lynch Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:58:35 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2007/10/23/govt-goes-blog/#comment-141 The link to th eblog doesn't work! I think it should be http://digitalfutureblog.org.nz, not http://digitalfuturelog.org.nz. The link to th eblog doesn’t work! I think it should be http://digitalfutureblog.org.nz, not http://digitalfuturelog.org.nz.

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