Twitter Is Expected to Field Bids This Week

Re:Twitter Is Expected to Field Bids This Week by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @10:29PM (#12649769)

But GPS is broadcast, and Twitter is ultimately packed-switched. I.e. the "GPS providers" don't have to pay more money just because there are more users - the satellite signals are already in the air, free and open for use by anyone who knows how.

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Re:Twitter Is Expected to Field Bids This Week by criddell on Thursday October 06, 2016 @12:48PM (#12653937)

That really doesn't matter. It only makes the per-user cost more difficult to figure out.

FWIW, I believe GPS costs the US on the order of $1 per user per month.

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Re:Twitter Is Expected to Field Bids This Week by TeMPOraL on Thursday October 06, 2016 @12:51PM (#12653968)

Let me put it in other words: the marginal cost of a GPS user is exactly $0 to the service provider; it's not the case with Twitter.

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Re:Twitter Is Expected to Field Bids This Week by criddell on Thursday October 06, 2016 @01:26PM (#12654295)

I understand that.

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