@mhn said:
imo its a combination of these factors:
higher internet pricing
higher logistics cost
real estate is more expensive in some cases
staff needs to be paid more
tax (? I'm not familiar with us taxing system but it's just a guess)
as long as people buy it, there's no need to decrease the price
their main focus is on US based customers, which have a much bigger net worth average than EU people
Maybe @Hetzner_OL can start selling dedis in US for thin profits like they do in EU?
Hetzner's Ashborn VPS/VDS site already causes a lot of hot attention on hacker news. 20 TB 1 gbps shared port for a $4 vps did not exist in US before.
If Hetzner can provide AX41 in US at the same current price in EU, many dedi providers in US will cry for their moms.
@szarka said: Bingbingbingbingbing! We have a winner.
But a lot of the staff is outsourced to other countries with lower pay. Have you tried calling Dell support for example...?
Haven't really encountered that at hosting providers. More importantly, the folks working in the actual DC and configuring the routers—not the script monkeys you talk to on the phone—are local.
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In my impression, living in EU is very expensive.
I guess the reason why Datacentres in Asia are expensive is mainly due to the bandwidth cost.
You can't just use average wage / GDP to determine the cost of renting a dedi...
If so, we would have been able to rent a dedi in Africa at a very low cost
imo its a combination of these factors:
Maybe @Hetzner_OL can start selling dedis in US for thin profits like they do in EU?
Hetzner's Ashborn VPS/VDS site already causes a lot of hot attention on hacker news. 20 TB 1 gbps shared port for a $4 vps did not exist in US before.
If Hetzner can provide AX41 in US at the same current price in EU, many dedi providers in US will cry for their moms.
Greed, every step along way. That is the American way.. lol
Bingbingbingbingbing! We have a winner.
But a lot of the staff is outsourced to other countries with lower pay. Have you tried calling Dell support for example...?
demand
Because people agreed to do trade at these prices.
Haven't really encountered that at hosting providers. More importantly, the folks working in the actual DC and configuring the routers—not the script monkeys you talk to on the phone—are local.