Bandwidth can be cheap, all depending on the connection you're using. It can also be extremely expensive: [ Dutch ] https://www.telegraaf.nl/vrij/2167192/zoont

Bandwidth can be cheap, all depending on the connection you're using. It can also be extremely expensive: [ Dutch ] https://www.telegraaf.nl/vrij/2167192/zoontje-duitsers-kijkt-films-tijdens-cruise-12-000-euro https://www.telegraaf.nl/vrij/2167192/zoontje-duitsers-kijkt... If your Dutch isn't up to this let me summarise: A German family took a boat trip from Kiel to Oslo. Their 12yo son watched a few movies (or clips, no idea) while on board. Total data consumption was 470 MB. They got a bill for €12.000,- which comes down to just over €25 per MB. Bandwidth can be very expensive as well. Of course this is an extreme case but any byte shaved off an encoded stream can end up saving some people a lot of money.