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>Because only a small percentage of Megaupload.com users pay for their use of the systems, Mega Conspiracy's business strategy for advertising requires maximizi

by eurleif 15y ago

>Because only a small percentage of Megaupload.com users pay for their use of the systems, Mega Conspiracy's business strategy for advertising requires maximizing the number of online downloads (i.e., distributions of content), which is also inconsistent with the concept of private storage. Except bandwidth costs money. Was MegaUpload really able to recoup the bandwidth costs of a full-length movie with ads?

Natsu 15y ago
Yeah, there are a ton of non sequiturs in there and other ostensibly reasonable decisions they've cast into a bad light. And then there are all the emails which, if real, are pretty damning. I guess they're trying to be thorough or something, but probably 2/3rds of the indictment is pointless and the real complaints are hidden by a lot of insinuations that sound ridiculous.
charliesome 15y ago
> Except bandwidth costs money. Was MegaUpload really able to recoup the bandwidth costs of a full-length movie with ads? I think you're overestimating the cost of bandwidth. Let's say a full length movie is 4 GB. I can get a server with 30 TB of monthly data transfer for $40 a month. That's 75 cents a terabyte, or 0.3 cents per full length movie. That's not outrageous. Given the scale of MegaUpload's operation, they would probably be paying considerably less for their bandwidth.
- brador 15y ago
  Link to provider of such low cost bandwith please.
  - charliesome 15y ago
    http://www.interserver.net/custom-managed-dedicated-servers.html http://www.interserver.net/custom-managed-dedicated-servers.... Although if you're looking for something more well known, 100tb will sell you a box with 100tb/mo on a gigabit connection for $200 a month
    - beagle3 15y ago
      The $40 plan for the link you provided only gives 6TB/month. These guys charge $5/TB beyond that, so with 30TB would put you closer to $200/month. Not totally unreasonable, but five times higher (400% higher) than the number you quoted. So, back to the numbers - that's 1.5cent per full length movie -- and they're probably getting something like $0.40 CPM == 400 microusd; Assuming they show 10 ads per download, that means they get 4 milliusd per download; slightly higher than the cost you assumed, but almost 25% of the cost at the link you provided. Even if they get it much cheaper, something still doesn't add up here -- unless most of their downloads are not full length movies (e.g. tv shows, songs, pdf files) - in which case it makes much more sense. [edited: corrections]
      - brador 15y ago
        1. The ads were usually poker affiliate ads. High paying. 2. They had the premium membership scheme. 3. I'd estimate average file size of a download was <100mb. It wasn't just movies, and a music file would weigh in at just <5mb yet still get an ad view.

by eurleif 15y ago

Natsu 15y ago

Yeah, there are a ton of non sequiturs in there and other ostensibly reasonable decisions they've cast into a bad light. And then there are all the emails which, if real, are pretty damning. I guess they're trying to be thorough or something, but probably 2/3rds of the indictment is pointless and the real complaints are hidden by a lot of insinuations that sound ridiculous.

charliesome 15y ago

> Except bandwidth costs money. Was MegaUpload really able to recoup the bandwidth costs of a full-length movie with ads? I think you're overestimating the cost of bandwidth. Let's say a full length movie is 4 GB. I can get a server with 30 TB of monthly data transfer for $40 a month. That's 75 cents a terabyte, or 0.3 cents per full length movie. That's not outrageous. Given the scale of MegaUpload's operation, they would probably be paying considerably less for their bandwidth.

brador 15y ago
Link to provider of such low cost bandwith please.
- charliesome 15y ago
  http://www.interserver.net/custom-managed-dedicated-servers.html http://www.interserver.net/custom-managed-dedicated-servers.... Although if you're looking for something more well known, 100tb will sell you a box with 100tb/mo on a gigabit connection for $200 a month
  - beagle3 15y ago
    The $40 plan for the link you provided only gives 6TB/month. These guys charge $5/TB beyond that, so with 30TB would put you closer to $200/month. Not totally unreasonable, but five times higher (400% higher) than the number you quoted. So, back to the numbers - that's 1.5cent per full length movie -- and they're probably getting something like $0.40 CPM == 400 microusd; Assuming they show 10 ads per download, that means they get 4 milliusd per download; slightly higher than the cost you assumed, but almost 25% of the cost at the link you provided. Even if they get it much cheaper, something still doesn't add up here -- unless most of their downloads are not full length movies (e.g. tv shows, songs, pdf files) - in which case it makes much more sense. [edited: corrections]
    - brador 15y ago
      1. The ads were usually poker affiliate ads. High paying. 2. They had the premium membership scheme. 3. I'd estimate average file size of a download was <100mb. It wasn't just movies, and a music file would weigh in at just <5mb yet still get an ad view.