Two events this week that just made hosting business in Australia a bit tougher.
1. Weakening US Dollar
Australian dollar has just hit 93 cent USD today, and it is still on its way to parity (which I doubt will happen but I can be very wrong). Everything has already been more expensive in Australia than in [...]
Here is a question for those running web hosting companies today: “Are life-time hosting plans feasible?” Do they present a valid business model? Is it possible to run life-time plans, i.e. your users pay once and once-only for a hosting plan that runs as long as either the user or the hosting company shall live.
It [...]