The Cost of Downloading All Those Videos: the data behind metered billing (opens in new tab)

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15 pointsBarnabas17y ago5 comments

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quoderat17y ago· 3 in thread

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.

chrisbolt17y ago

Consumer broadband pricing has a lot more to do with last mile costs than in a datacenter.

JoelSutherland17y ago

True, but last miles costs are primarily fixed, not marginal.

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nazgulnarsil17y ago

last mile costs are low. less than the cost of a single month of subscriber broadband.

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