$5-$10 / month is peanuts for most western people. In other places of the world, that could be equivalent to a solid 10%-20% of their monthly paycheck (if the hosting services do not offer prices based on location).
Interesting claim/model. Can someone cite some real data or at least give an anecdote about this?
Are there IT workers who earn ~100 USD a month? (Okay, thinking about it there must be. Freelancers who are not really experienced, or working in very local very low productivity companies.)
Aren't there already small hosting providers regionally who price accordingly? (We tried to run one here in Hungary around 2009-2010, but there was no point. Free stuff provided by giant companies is a much better value, so the local market is composed of otherwise non-typical clients who actually want local hosting with something extra, all in all not a great business. Prices are very low, competition is fierce, etc.)
$5-$10 / month is peanuts for most western people. In other places of the world, that could be equivalent to a solid 10%-20% of their monthly paycheck (if the hosting services do not offer prices based on location).