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how much money does internet traffic cost? how much cheaper is local traffic from the ISP versus traffic coming from a server 1500km away? how much money does
by ramy_d 15y ago
how much money does internet traffic cost?
how much cheaper is local traffic from the ISP versus traffic coming from a server 1500km away?
how much money does it cost to send internet traffic to varying distances.
there's no problem with the argument, but "much, much cheaper" doesn't mean anything in an industry where every byte can be measured and tracked.
we're not asking how much does Shaw feel like billing us today, we're asking how much does 1 Mb of data cost them to send over distance.
- IgorPartola 15y agohttp://drpeering.net/white-papers/Internet-Transit-Pricing-Historical-And-Projected.php http://drpeering.net/white-papers/Internet-Transit-Pricing-H... So roughly a penny a gigabyte as of 2011.
- warfangle 15y agoSo Comcast's 250gb limit costs them $2.50?
- IgorPartola 15y agoI doubt it. This is just the cost of transmitting data from say Netflix to Comcast.
- corin_ 15y agoDon't forget costs such as network infrastructure, staff, etc etc. To take an anology from the pharmaceuticals industy, the second GB costs one cent, the first one is a fair bit more expensive.
- ramy_d 15y agoI would gladly pay per gig at that rate, and then some.
- JamesPeterson 15y agoIf you want to pay for the infrastructure and fixed costs too, go right ahead.
- ams6110 15y agoAnyone remember posting to USENET with 'rn' and you'd get a stern lecture that your post would "cost the network hundreds or thousands of dollars" are you sure you want to do this (Y/N).
- amalcon 15y agoRemembering, of course, that it's typically 95/5 billing. So only near-peak traffic matters, but it matters a lot.