Re:Ask HN: Video streaming is expensive yet YouTube "seems" ...
by vundercind on Sunday May 19, 2024 @05:57PM
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Price business pipes where they won’t cut you off for saturating that 24/7.
[edit] and that have good deliverability worldwide, no weird paths to other consumer IPs that intermittently fail to route or inexplicably have dial-up transfer speeds. And have anything like a real SLA.
Re:Ask HN: Video streaming is expensive yet YouTube "seems" ...
by swiftcoder on Monday May 20, 2024 @10:13AM
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I don't think they legally can in number of European jurisdictions. This isn't like Comcast overselling their copper cables - brand new fiber paid for by the EU comes with certain obligations.
Re:Ask HN: Video streaming is expensive yet YouTube "seems" ...
by vel0city on Sunday May 19, 2024 @10:42PM
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Try uploading at that rate for a few months non-stop and see how long your residential ISP will continue doing business with you.
It's a bit surprising that you were not getting significantly better prices than individuals.