The Cost of Downloading All Those Videos: the data behind metered billing (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) 15 points by Barnabas 17y ago ↗ HN
[–] quoderat 17y ago ↗ Of course it was all a scam to raise prices. When I can get a TB of month of download on a server for $20, that tells me they planned on overcharging massively. [–] chrisbolt 17y ago ↗ Consumer broadband pricing has a lot more to do with last mile costs than in a datacenter. [–] JoelSutherland 17y ago ↗ True, but last miles costs are primarily fixed, not marginal. [–] hack_edu 17y ago ↗ And, in many places, come with established infrastructure or at least predictable project models.Not much risk involved. [–] nazgulnarsil 17y ago ↗ last mile costs are low. less than the cost of a single month of subscriber broadband.
[–] chrisbolt 17y ago ↗ Consumer broadband pricing has a lot more to do with last mile costs than in a datacenter. [–] JoelSutherland 17y ago ↗ True, but last miles costs are primarily fixed, not marginal. [–] hack_edu 17y ago ↗ And, in many places, come with established infrastructure or at least predictable project models.Not much risk involved. [–] nazgulnarsil 17y ago ↗ last mile costs are low. less than the cost of a single month of subscriber broadband.
[–] JoelSutherland 17y ago ↗ True, but last miles costs are primarily fixed, not marginal. [–] hack_edu 17y ago ↗ And, in many places, come with established infrastructure or at least predictable project models.Not much risk involved.
[–] hack_edu 17y ago ↗ And, in many places, come with established infrastructure or at least predictable project models.Not much risk involved.
[–] nazgulnarsil 17y ago ↗ last mile costs are low. less than the cost of a single month of subscriber broadband.
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