This post has been making the rounds. Yourube actually doesnt pay much in bandwidth costs because google owns much of its own fiber network. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/youtube-bandwidth/
Google is now responsible for at least 6 percent of the internets traffic, > and likely more and may not be paying an ISP at all to serve up all that > content and attached ads. > > Credit Suisse made headlines this summer when it estimated that YouTube was > binging on bandwidth, losing Google a half a billion dollars in 2009 as it > streams 75 billion videos. But a new report from Arbor Networks suggests > that Googles traffic is approaching 10 percent of the nets traffic, and > that its got so much fiber optic cable, it is simply trading traffic, with > no payment involved, with the nets largest ISPs. > Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
