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Old 10-19-2009, 04:45 PM  
Snake Doctor
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Google's transit costs are close to zero the same way Level3 or XO's transit costs are close to zero.

It costs virtually nothing to send packets through a network, and peering agreements allow them to use other people's networks without paying for it in dollars.

Their hardware costs are probably astronomical, and it certainly cost them a fortune to build the network they have, but now that it's in place it costs them about as much to serve a video as it costs AT&T to connect a phone call.
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