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Originally Posted by gideongallery
what really cool about that is that google can now buy other money losing sites and by leveraging this surplus bandwidth turn them into profitable companies.
should be interesting when peer to peer browser based stream becomes mainstream
under that situation 10,000 people watching the same video will only cost google the download of 1 video.
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Don't forget this download "cost" also ultimately provides a benefit, since they're sending out content to companies (eg ISPs) that want to consume it. If their outbound traffic drops and their peering arrangement becomes too unbalanced (or too small) they may have to start paying for interconnects.