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Webhosting in Africa:
Outlining a business model
2 I June 2013
DISCLAIMER
These slides show experience examples of the Init7 / AS13030
backbone over various years. They may work or may not work for
you. Please use the methods described with care and at your own
risk. Init7 or the author cannot be held responsible for any damage
occurred by using the methods described here.
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Fredy Künzler
kuenzler@init7.net
www.init7.net
www.blogg.ch
www.bgp-and-beyond.com
AS13030
Twitter: @init7
Init7 (Switzerland) AG
St.-Georgen-Strasse 70
CH-8400 Winterthur
Switzerland
phone: +41 44 315 44 00
Your Speaker Today...
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The Company Init7
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 Full control over the quality of IP Transit Services
 Autonomy from suppliers
 Init7 operates an international n*10Gbit IP backbone with AS
number 13030 (autonomous system)
 The AS13030 is located at around 20 Internet exchange points,
where nearly 1000 further networks are so-called peering
partners
 This means that direct interconnections exist with all these other
networks, enabling direct contact with approx. 60% of the global
routing table
 As a result, we can secure optimal connectivity, latency, capacity
and availability
 The remaining approx 40% of the targets are connected via
globally distributed upstreams
Advantages
Init7 operates its own backbone with the AS
number 13030
Facts
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Init7 Backbone Europe
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Webhosting business:
some general remarks 1/3
 Very competitive market in Europe, webhosting
packets (www.domain.com) go for a few €/$ per
month only, with good self service administration
tools such as CPanel, Plesk etc.
 Low market entrance hurdle: anyone with decent
Linux knowledge can start a webhosting business
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Webhosting business:
some general remarks 2/3
 Mass business: it scales only with several 1000
customers – operating only a few hundred
accounts means cash loss
 Once the critical customer mass has been reached,
it pays off very well. Revenue scales much better
than cost. From a certain breakeven-point (i.e.
3000 accounts) earnings scale very well.
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Webhosting business:
some general remarks 3/3
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How the #1 webhoster hostpoint.ch in
Switzerland started 12 years ago... 1/2
 three friends were lamenting during an premier
league ice hockey game about the poor
(commercial) webhosting services of current
market participants and were sharing ideas how to
do it better...
 from their website (about us):
“All good things are simple: – like love, good food and
the business idea with which Hostpoint entered the market
in 2001: Web hosting for everyone! Today with its 30
members of staff, the company based in Rapperswil-Jona,
which went public in 2005, hosts 165,000 websites and
190,000 domains.”
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How the #1 webhoster hostpoint.ch in
Switzerland started 12 years ago... 2/2
 They did it better! Otherwise they never would
have become #1 in the .ch market...
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The Challenge
New market entrants should consider: (1/2)
 Competition is global! Why should an African small
business customer run its website with a local
supplier and pay a premium?
 They can easily host with one of the
(European/American) big players for cheap!
(means only a few € or $ per month)
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The Challenge
New market entrants should consider: (2/2)
Face facts: A small or medium business customer in
Africa with a simple website has absolutely no
advantage to host in Africa (which would keep
content local) and pay a premium. To be
competitive, an African webhoster has to provide
 equal or better support
 equal or better performance
 similar pricing
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The Opportunity
Equal or Better Support!
 Invoice in local currency / local payment (it's often
difficult to make international payments from
Africa), support Mobile Money Payment
 Support your
(local) customer
in his language:
Arab, Swahili,
Nyanja, Kx'a...
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The Opportunity
Equal or Better Performance
 While webhosting in Europa has 100-200ms
latency due to it's geographic distance, local
servers can serve local users much faster and
tentatively also less congested... better
performance should be achieved easily.
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The Opportunity
Equal or Better Price 1/3
 Big advantage in Europe vs. Africa: IP connectivity
is way cheaper (are we still on factor 100?) - in
Europe per mbps and month ~1€
 For European Webhosters the IP traffic doesn't
count into the cost calculation of the business
(hardware, labour, power, cooling, colocation etc.)
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The Opportunity
Equal or Better Price 2/3
 Bandwidth must become cheaper to enable
webhosting business in Africa. Carriers / ISPs
should think of special transit service for local
hosting providers and content.
 Example: A hosting provider should pay only his
inbound traffic, and outbound would be for free
(his ISP has plenty of empty outbound capacity)
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The Opportunity
Equal or Better Price 3/3
 A typical webhosting bandwidth ratio is 1:5 or 1:6
in favor of outbound:
(Note that in/out in the graph below is swapped from the webhosting providers viewpoint)
If a webhosting provider in Africa would have to
pay only the 'blue' traffic, the business case would
look much better.
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Fredy Künzler
kuenzler@init7.net
www.init7.net
www.blogg.ch
www.bgp-and-beyond.com
AS13030
Twitter: @init7
Init7 (Switzerland) AG
St.-Georgenstrasse 70
CH-8400 Winterthur
Switzerland
phone: +41 44 315 44 00
Contact
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COPYRIGHT
All the strategies, models, concepts, ideas, calculations and conclusions incorporated
into this documentation are the exclusive intellectual property (sources are referenced)
of Init7 and are protected under copyright. They have been turned over to the client
exclusively for his own use for an unspecified period. All information included in them is
to be kept confidential and is intended for the client’s eyes only. The client is not
permitted to change this documentation, make it public outside his own company or
disseminate it in any way. This rule may only be amended or revoked with the express
written consent of Init7. Verbal agreements shall not be deemed valid.
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  • 2. 2 I June 2013 DISCLAIMER These slides show experience examples of the Init7 / AS13030 backbone over various years. They may work or may not work for you. Please use the methods described with care and at your own risk. Init7 or the author cannot be held responsible for any damage occurred by using the methods described here.
  • 3. 3 Fredy Künzler kuenzler@init7.net www.init7.net www.blogg.ch www.bgp-and-beyond.com AS13030 Twitter: @init7 Init7 (Switzerland) AG St.-Georgen-Strasse 70 CH-8400 Winterthur Switzerland phone: +41 44 315 44 00 Your Speaker Today... I June 2013
  • 5. 5  Full control over the quality of IP Transit Services  Autonomy from suppliers  Init7 operates an international n*10Gbit IP backbone with AS number 13030 (autonomous system)  The AS13030 is located at around 20 Internet exchange points, where nearly 1000 further networks are so-called peering partners  This means that direct interconnections exist with all these other networks, enabling direct contact with approx. 60% of the global routing table  As a result, we can secure optimal connectivity, latency, capacity and availability  The remaining approx 40% of the targets are connected via globally distributed upstreams Advantages Init7 operates its own backbone with the AS number 13030 Facts I June 2013
  • 6. 6 I June 2013 Init7 Backbone Europe
  • 7. 7 Webhosting business: some general remarks 1/3  Very competitive market in Europe, webhosting packets (www.domain.com) go for a few €/$ per month only, with good self service administration tools such as CPanel, Plesk etc.  Low market entrance hurdle: anyone with decent Linux knowledge can start a webhosting business I June 2013
  • 8. 8 Webhosting business: some general remarks 2/3  Mass business: it scales only with several 1000 customers – operating only a few hundred accounts means cash loss  Once the critical customer mass has been reached, it pays off very well. Revenue scales much better than cost. From a certain breakeven-point (i.e. 3000 accounts) earnings scale very well. I June 2013
  • 9. 9 Webhosting business: some general remarks 3/3 I June 2013
  • 10. 10 How the #1 webhoster hostpoint.ch in Switzerland started 12 years ago... 1/2  three friends were lamenting during an premier league ice hockey game about the poor (commercial) webhosting services of current market participants and were sharing ideas how to do it better...  from their website (about us): “All good things are simple: – like love, good food and the business idea with which Hostpoint entered the market in 2001: Web hosting for everyone! Today with its 30 members of staff, the company based in Rapperswil-Jona, which went public in 2005, hosts 165,000 websites and 190,000 domains.” I June 2013
  • 11. 11 How the #1 webhoster hostpoint.ch in Switzerland started 12 years ago... 2/2  They did it better! Otherwise they never would have become #1 in the .ch market... I June 2013
  • 12. 12 The Challenge New market entrants should consider: (1/2)  Competition is global! Why should an African small business customer run its website with a local supplier and pay a premium?  They can easily host with one of the (European/American) big players for cheap! (means only a few € or $ per month) I June 2013
  • 13. 13 The Challenge New market entrants should consider: (2/2) Face facts: A small or medium business customer in Africa with a simple website has absolutely no advantage to host in Africa (which would keep content local) and pay a premium. To be competitive, an African webhoster has to provide  equal or better support  equal or better performance  similar pricing I June 2013
  • 14. 14 The Opportunity Equal or Better Support!  Invoice in local currency / local payment (it's often difficult to make international payments from Africa), support Mobile Money Payment  Support your (local) customer in his language: Arab, Swahili, Nyanja, Kx'a... I June 2013
  • 15. 15 The Opportunity Equal or Better Performance  While webhosting in Europa has 100-200ms latency due to it's geographic distance, local servers can serve local users much faster and tentatively also less congested... better performance should be achieved easily. I June 2013
  • 16. 16 The Opportunity Equal or Better Price 1/3  Big advantage in Europe vs. Africa: IP connectivity is way cheaper (are we still on factor 100?) - in Europe per mbps and month ~1€  For European Webhosters the IP traffic doesn't count into the cost calculation of the business (hardware, labour, power, cooling, colocation etc.) I June 2013
  • 17. 17 The Opportunity Equal or Better Price 2/3  Bandwidth must become cheaper to enable webhosting business in Africa. Carriers / ISPs should think of special transit service for local hosting providers and content.  Example: A hosting provider should pay only his inbound traffic, and outbound would be for free (his ISP has plenty of empty outbound capacity) I June 2013
  • 18. 18 The Opportunity Equal or Better Price 3/3  A typical webhosting bandwidth ratio is 1:5 or 1:6 in favor of outbound: (Note that in/out in the graph below is swapped from the webhosting providers viewpoint) If a webhosting provider in Africa would have to pay only the 'blue' traffic, the business case would look much better. I June 2013
  • 19. 19 Fredy Künzler kuenzler@init7.net www.init7.net www.blogg.ch www.bgp-and-beyond.com AS13030 Twitter: @init7 Init7 (Switzerland) AG St.-Georgenstrasse 70 CH-8400 Winterthur Switzerland phone: +41 44 315 44 00 Contact I June 2013
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