Telecommodities Indices – DS-3 Bandwidth Pricing Up 16 Percent From All-Time Low
Posted: 08/2000
DS-3 Bandwidth Pricing Up 16 Percent From All-Time Low
The
RTBX*RPI tracks the current weighted average price of coast-to-coast DS-3 pricing. The June 2000 price ($26,858) is 16 percent higher than the January 2000 price ($23,250). The January 2000 price was the second lowest recorded since rate tracking began in June 1998. The all-time low price of $22,250 occurred in October and November 1999.
Current month to previous month rate comparisons of specific international termination markets are illustrated in the chart below. Significant rate decreases were seen in Argentina (-36 percent), Chile (-27 percent) and Peru (-16 percent). Rates remained flat in several markets. Interestingly, rate increases were nonexistent in all of the specified markets.
Graph: DS-3 Bnadwidth RTBX*RPI
and RTBX*RFP*360 Indices
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Top International Spot Rates |
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| Country | Current Month |
Last Month |
Change | % |
| Argentina | $0.2200 | $0.1400 | $0.0800 | -36% |
| Austria | $ 0.0825 | $0.0825 | $ – | 0% |
| Brazil | $ 0.0500 | $ 0.0500 | $ – | 0% |
| Chile | $0.1090 | $0.0800 | $0.0290 | -27% |
| China | $ 0.0550 | $0.0550 | $ – | 0% |
| India | $ 0.2500 | $0.2500 | $ – | 0% |
| Indonesia | $0.1600 | $0.1450 | $0.0150 | -9% |
| Mexico | $0.0600 | $0.0600 | $ – | 0% |
| Peru | $0.1190 | $0.1000 | $0.0190 | -16% |
| Philippines | $0.1300 | $0.1300 | $ – | 0% |
| Taiwan, Province of China |
$ 0.0400 | $ 0.0400 | $ – | 0% |
| Ukraine | $0.1300 | $0.1240 | $0.0060 | -5% |
| United Kingdom | $0.0900 | $0.9000 | $ – | 0% |
The top international spot rates-per-minute cost of terminating a call
from the United States to a given country are the best offers to sell voice minutes capacity at RateXchange as of
June 15, 2000.
