Hiya,

I've been shopping around for my first dedicated server, and was just quoted the following rates for bandwidth:

$6/gigabyte in 25 gigabyte blocks if paid up front
or
$10/gigabyte for going over the allotted amount after the fact.

I really like the company in question, and would be willing to pay their otherwise somewhat higher than average prices, but these bandwidth charges seem unusually steep, particularly since their base price only includes 50 gb of transfer.

I'm curious as to what everyone else is paying, and what is considered the average price per gig these days.

Thanks,
-Bob

The price varies considerably now (much more than even a few months ago). You'll see rates anywhere from $0.25 up to $3.00/GB from major hosts.

Naturally, there is a certain element of "you get what you pay for"; but $10/GB is unusually high.

What carriers are those at $10gb

Bandwidth pricing varies also geographically. In the US high quality bandwidth is $1-$3/GB depending on the volume the ISP uses, whether they undersubscribe (i.e. have extra capacity) etc.

In Europe often prices are higher, though they are getting better now.

In the far east, some coutries have to use satellites, which is VERY expensive.

1.50$ per GB on INTERNAP (UUNET, Sprint, C&W, AT&T, Verio, Qwest, Digex, Genuity and Global Crossing and more) :)

$10/GB is really high.

I pay about $3 per GB at a tier 1. They charge $700 per Mbps sustained and base it on the 95% level.

I just did the math and it works out to $3/GB for me. I use about 2.5Mbps sustained and peak at 4Mbps

What are some of the tier 1 colocators that are offering less than $3/GB?

I will definately change if I can cut my cost in half or by a third. The bandwidth charges are killing me.

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jayjay 1.50$ per GB on INTERNAP (UUNET, Sprint, C&W, AT&T, Verio, Qwest, Digex, Genuity and Global Crossing and more)
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What does that mean? Doe internap lease space from those providers? I went to their site and didn't get much info from it. Nor did I see any pricing. I guess I have to call the sales people for more info.

I pay 2.50 per GB, my provider pays about 2.00 per GB

Most likely internap buys connectivity from those providers and sells it to you.

http://a868.g.akamai.net/7/868/2278/29e17b1e11496c/www.internap.com/images/ourtechnology1.gif

Internap is a bit more than just that. :)

? How is it more than that?

It's a bit more then that in the sense that you're not getting service from one or two carriers. Like you call them up and say "I want A and C carriers". You get all of them. Using BGP4/PNAP.

So it's a bit more than you made it sound. That's all.

Well uh I assume normally you have multiple providers you multihome them but I guess some people don't.

But when you go with internap, you're not getting a DC3,OC3,T3,etc.

You're usually going right on their backbone.

Basically what it boils down too is: Internap is a good providor. Look at it 50 billion ways, and they are great.

$299 per megabit

I wonder what RS themselves pay for 1GB transfer...
Robert, r u around here somewhere? Could you answer this?

...or, if anyone else knows, ofcourse, you can answer too. ;)

RackShack have gigabit ethernet connections - ie they buy bandwidth in bulk in order to get lower prices. I'd be surprised if they released the exact price though - they may not be allowed to due to NDAs, and I'm sure many of their competitors would like to know too :D

We pay around $6/GB, which we realize is higher than the norm, but we have a fairly unique setup, in which we co-exist in the same building as our managed network provider.

They're experts at network administration, and handle the Cable & Wireless and Qwest relationships as well as the Cisco equipment and BGP4 configuration. We're experts at server administration, and have our server room networked to their equipment, and we have connectivity for our office LAN as a bonus.