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Re:Ask HN: Video streaming is expensive yet YouTube "seems" ... by Dylan16807 on Monday May 20, 2024 @12:48AM (#40412342)
By "above" I meant ckdarby's number.

And honestly 10 cents per Mbps sounds kind of high for raw transit, I interpreted it as a price for actual utilization.

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Re:Ask HN: Video streaming is expensive yet YouTube "seems" ... by ckdarby on Monday May 20, 2024 @01:47PM (#40418048)
It was more than 5 years ago and was not a direct commitment. Another company was being used for their data centers, and this was a lease/rental agreement of equipment; Think colocation model, but where you're like 50-80% of being the main client of the data centers.

Add 10-25% profit for that company to get closer to true "raw transit" pricing from the carriers directly.

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