A good reading on implications of local hosting for local content; a case study of Rwanda. In summary: - Content developers were hosting their websites abroad, largely to save money in hosting costs, however, ISPs had to pay more to deliver the content back to users in country. - Websites hosted abroad experienced greater latency than locally hosted sites, which slowed down the delivery of web pages and access speeds fairly significantly. - The increased cost of accessing content abroad, along with lower throughput, limits potential Internet consumption and the ability of content producers to provide more advanced, interactive services. More reading on: The Content Side of the Access Equation | Internet Society | | | | | | | | | The Content Side of the Access Equation | Internet SocietyBy Michael Kende and Karen Rose | | | | View on www.internetsociety.org | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | Regards and many thanks, Davis M Onsakia 'The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.' - Maureen Dowd