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The problem is that Google subsidizes YouTube's bandwidth and sucks the oxygen out of the entire online video space. I remember Leo Laporte saying a long time
by CountSessine 9y ago
The problem is that Google subsidizes YouTube's bandwidth and sucks the oxygen out of the entire online video space.
I remember Leo Laporte saying a long time ago that Google uses Youtube bandwidth for leverage in peering agreements with other networks.
I know almost literally nothing about peering agreements.
Does anyone know how this works or if its true? What are the economics of Youtube?
- pixl97 9y agoHere's a very old article on the subject https://www.wired.com/2009/10/youtube-bandwidth/ https://www.wired.com/2009/10/youtube-bandwidth/
- deelowe 9y agoHas nothing to do with youtube. This is the definition of a peer agreement. Basically each operator negotiates a price based on the traffic the agree to pass for the peer. In some cases, very large operators agree to pay nothing because they are passing essentially equal traffic.
- CountSessine 9y agoSo if google is spidering all over the internet, pulling pages from other networks, would having a service like YouTube which will most be traffic leaving google's network be a good way to balance that?