Comments on: Good news – competing cables http://it.gen.nz/2008/04/10/good-news-competing-cables/ Writings on technology and society from Wellington, New Zealand Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: colin http://it.gen.nz/2008/04/10/good-news-competing-cables/comment-page-1/#comment-523 colin Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:16:46 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2008/04/10/good-news-competing-cables/#comment-523 Peter - the collapse of open peering agreements is a big problem, and it's the 2 big Telcos' ISPs which have depeered. The effect of depeering is to force ISPs to buy a transit service from those telcos whose price is the same as, or nearly the same as, importing the data over Southern Cross. So, indirectly, the price of international data drives the costs imposed by depeering. That said, Telecom is looking to reintroduce open peering for local traffic. That's a good thing. Telstra refuses to peer openly at all. That's bad, and it's the main reason I don't use Telstra's broadband or phone despite having Telstra cable in my house. Hell - thanks for the encouraging comment! Unfortunately, 5 podcasts a week would leave me no time to earn a living :-( Cheers Colin Peter – the collapse of open peering agreements is a big problem, and it’s the 2 big Telcos’ ISPs which have depeered. The effect of depeering is to force ISPs to buy a transit service from those telcos whose price is the same as, or nearly the same as, importing the data over Southern Cross. So, indirectly, the price of international data drives the costs imposed by depeering.

That said, Telecom is looking to reintroduce open peering for local traffic. That’s a good thing. Telstra refuses to peer openly at all. That’s bad, and it’s the main reason I don’t use Telstra’s broadband or phone despite having Telstra cable in my house.

Hell – thanks for the encouraging comment! Unfortunately, 5 podcasts a week would leave me no time to earn a living :-(

Cheers

Colin

]]> By: hellonearthisman http://it.gen.nz/2008/04/10/good-news-competing-cables/comment-page-1/#comment-521 hellonearthisman Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:18:33 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2008/04/10/good-news-competing-cables/#comment-521 It's good to see a 2nd provider heading into the wholesale department. Colin, I would like to hear a daily tech pod from you. A weeks along time. It’s good to see a 2nd provider heading into the wholesale department. Colin, I would like to hear a daily tech pod from you. A weeks along time.

]]> By: Peter Lynch http://it.gen.nz/2008/04/10/good-news-competing-cables/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Peter Lynch Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:42:39 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2008/04/10/good-news-competing-cables/#comment-520 Isn't it true that the reason we pay so much for, and have so much, international traffic is because the major ISPs in NZ don't peer at local peering exchanges? Isn’t it true that the reason we pay so much for, and have so much, international traffic is because the major ISPs in NZ don’t peer at local peering exchanges?

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