Not enough bandwidth for video

By | PC Advisor | 15 May 06

If we stream as much video over the internet as we watch TV, ISPs are soon going to run out of bandwidth, according to Business Week.

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From roughly guestimated numbers, it costs US ISPs around $1 wholesale to supply each customer with an average of 2GB of bandwidth a month – for which it charges around $25 to $47 per month (to cover sales, support, maintenance and other costs).

To stream eight hours of telly a day, however, the cost to the ISP would go up to $112 a month. Video over the internet may be the future, but something's going to have to change if those numbers are anywhere near right.

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