• Valmond@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Is bandwith that expensive nowadays? I feel the argument is valid but was implemented when bandwidth was way more expensive.

    I mean, if I upgrade my home internet box to the 40€ tier I’ll have 10Gb symmetrical.

    Edit: there are a lot of google fanbois here lol

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      7 months ago

      It’s not about your bandwidth, it’s about YouTube’s bandwidth. You probably don’t care, but for them it adds up to a lot

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        7 months ago

        I just showed how inexpensive it has become.

        Do you think I think I’m youtube??

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      7 months ago

      That 10Gb link is almost certainly oversubscribed, though. You don’t actually have 10 Gb of dedicated constant bandwidth, you just have access to 10Gb of potential bandwidth. You’re unlikely to saturate that link very often, so you won’t notice, but it’s shared with other people.

      It’s different from Google or any other company paying for bandwidth that’s being actually used, not just a pre-allocated link like your home internet.