The Beginning
A few years ago I started playing around with web design. I eventually learnt of PHP and MySQL, and how I could deliver dynamic content to people from a website. The only catch was, I needed a host that could support both PHP and MySQL in order for it to work.

It was then that I started looking for a host. Since I lived in New Zealand, I figured I'd try and find a New Zealand host.

I found that there were plenty of New Zealand hosts, but none of them appeared to have servers in N.Z.

I started researching into web hosting. Specifically, why local hosts were so hard to find.

Bandwidth
Bandwidth is expensive. In New Zealand, there is one link heading out of the country, that one link is shared by all of N.Z.

Starting a web host in N.Z. and targetting international clients would be economically naive. New Zealand just doesn't have the necessary bandwidth to remain competitve.

However, targetting local clients is entirely different.

National bandwidth is a lot cheaper than international. Local peering networks such as the Auckland Peering Exchange also make it easier to transfer data around N.Z.

As long as your hosting local clients, who serve local clients, web hosting in New Zealand doesn't have to be expensive.

SPOON Hosting
With a bit of Lunix knowledge under my belt and the help of a few talented individuals, I put together a server that would not only satisfy my needs, but other's as well.

SPOON Hosting offers New Zealand web hosting, for New Zealanders.