Re:Netflix Is Why AT&T bought Time Warner, and Comcast and D...
by waffle_ss on Sunday June 17, 2018 @06:24PM
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Exactly. Excepting Cloudflare which is free, CDNs are expensive (or at least more expensive than I think people realize).
Netflix says it uses about 3GB of bandwidth per hour for streaming HD-quality video. CloudFront for one will charge you $0.26 for that 3GB-hour. It's pretty easy to see how binge watchers will rack up pretty high CDN/bandwidth bills.
Netflix says it uses about 3GB of bandwidth per hour for streaming HD-quality video. CloudFront for one will charge you $0.26 for that 3GB-hour. It's pretty easy to see how binge watchers will rack up pretty high CDN/bandwidth bills.