Bandwidth Market Report
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| Welcome to Invisible Hand Networks' bandwidth market report. This report is published monthly, with current market pricing and activity at IHN's MerkatoTM Liquid Bandwidth Exchanges. | |||||||
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Market Pricing The following sellers have agreed to be listed publicly as participants on the Metro New York Liquid Bandwidth Exchange available at Telehouse (25 Broadway, Manhattan), Equinix (165 Halsey, Newark) and Switch & Data (111 8th Ave, Manhattan). For information on other sellers, please contact us.
Comparing
95th-percentile vs. Merkato prices With 95th percentile billing, buyers are billed each month at
a fixed price multiplied by the peak traffic level, regardless of how
much is used the rest of the time. Thus with the same nominal price,
the effective price is higher for buyers with burstier traffic
patterns. With Merkato, buyers dynamically purchase bandwidth, in
real-time, based on actual need, in 5-minute increments. Based on
parameters set by the buyer, the purchased amount will closely follow
the actual traffic (how closely depends on the buyer's configured
"margin"). Thus, when comparing Merkato prices with 95th percentile, one
must multiply the latter by the burstiness of the buyers' traffic,
typically a factor of 2 to 3 for wholesale Internet traffic. For
example, for a buyer with an average of 20Mbps and a 95th-percentile of
50Mbps, a Merkato price of $40/Mbps/month results in a total cost of
about (20+5)x40 = $1,000/month, assuming the buyer's Merkato quantity
margin is 5Mbps. At the same nominal price of 40$/Mbps/month, for the
same total cost, with 95th-percentile pricing, the buyer would get
only 1/2 as much bandwidth (the traffic average would have to be 10
and the 95th-percentile 25 for the total cost to be 25x40 = 1000). This is a mailing list solely for this report. To be removed from it, please e-mail ihn-bmr-unsubscribe@manhattan.invisiblehand.net.
Seller
Description1
IP
Merkato Price2
low
avg
high
current
InvisibleHand (spot)
Market-maker3
216.12.160.1
30.21
32.94
38.13
33.52
InvisibleHand (res)
Market-maker3
216.12.160.1
60.85
66.58
137.35
81.99
DTAG
Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Systems
212.184.26.253
27.00
27.00
27.00
n/a
ISPNet
Verio
199.224.0.226
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
ISPrime (spot)
Level 3
64.111.205.1
90.00
90.00
90.00
90.00
ISPrime (res)
Level 3
64.111.205.1
29.29
30.32
35.35
29.29
NetAccess
ATT / UUNet
209.123.13.57
22.00
22.03
56.85
22.00
Pilosoft
Cogent / nLayer
66.250.55.235
23.00
23.00
23.00
23.00
Telefonica
Telefonica Intl. Wholesale Services
213.140.50.197
30.00
30.00
30.08
30.00
Thorn
Internap
216.213.170.1
60.00
60.01
65.48
60.00
Yipes
WilTel
209.120.220.9
24.00
24.02
37.60
24.00
1 Sellers:
starting with Merkato 2.9, you will be able to update your own
description through your Merkato agent. It will automatically appear in
this report as well as in the Merkato portal as information for buyers.
Look for this feature in the next few weeks.
2
Prices are Merkato
prices expressed in $/Mbps/month. Merkato purchases are in real-time,
in increments as short as 5 minutes. In the table, high, low and avg
are for 24-hour periods in the calendar month. Current is the average
over the last 24 hours of the calendar month. In the graph, prices are
based on 1 hour periods.
3
IHN, as a market-maker, purchases bandwidth from all of the above
sellers, and offers this BGP-blended product on the market, in
real-time at a floor price which is a weighted average.
In addition, with traditional
contracts, the buyer is generally locked
into a long-term contract, with a minimum commitment and a fixed price,
with no ability to renegotiate for 12 or 24 months. When connected to a
Merkato-based Liquid Bandwidth Exchange the buyer can purchase
bandwidth from any available seller, with no commits, or burst
premiums.
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