Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs
by jnbiche on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @09:12AM
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> Is there any cost that an ISP company has related to the amount of data transferred?
Data caps allow ISPs to run oversubscribed networks, which are very profitable. If you're streaming 24/7, then that bandwidth isn't available to sell to your neighbor. In that sense, cost is indeed directly related to amount of data transferred.
Data caps allow ISPs to run oversubscribed networks, which are very profitable. If you're streaming 24/7, then that bandwidth isn't available to sell to your neighbor. In that sense, cost is indeed directly related to amount of data transferred.