LIRNEasia » Internet dynamics The cost http://lirneasia.net a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:38:15 +0000 en hourly 1 Bandwidth price drops changing Internet dynamics http://lirneasia.net/2008/02/bandwidth-price-drops-changing-internet-dynamics/ http://lirneasia.net/2008/02/bandwidth-price-drops-changing-internet-dynamics/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:38:18 +0000 Abu Saeed Khan http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/02/bandwidth-price-drops-changing-internet-dynamics/ The cost of international capacity between the US and Asia has dropped dramatically in the past ten years. In 1996, US$10,000 would buy a 64kbps IPLC between Asia and the
US. The same money buys a STM-1 (155Mbps) circuit in 2006.

Dramatic drops in the price of international capacity as a result of market deregulation in the Asia Pacific is resulting in a shift in the dynamics of Internet traffic, according to a presentation at the APRICOT conference in Taipei this week. Read more.

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