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"For free" isn't a part of that.
by tencentshill 2y ago
"For free" isn't a part of that.
- timschmidt 2y agoI wonder if the bandwidth even costs Google anything any more. Certainly they have peering agreements with any large ISP already. And they need some sort of egress to balance all the data collection they're doing from a bazillion Android devices and Chrome instances.
- bauruine 2y agoNot only peering agreements but 70%-90% [0] is directly served from your ISPs data center. google sends your ISP the server but rackspace, power and network is provided by the ISP. [0] https://support.google.com/interconnect/answer/9058809?hl=en https://support.google.com/interconnect/answer/9058809?hl=en
- amelius 2y agoAt this point they are closer to keeping our information hostage than making it universally accessible.