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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Crackdowns don't slow Internet piracy
>>> Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: >>> "The popularity of file-sharing is costing the largest >>> Internet service providers $10 million per year each >>> in bandwidth and network maintenance costs, CacheLogic >>> said." >> Michel Py wrote: >> $10 million a year for the largest ISPs is a drop in the >> sea; _if_ the figure is accurate (sounds reasonable to me) >> what's the point anyway? The largest ISPs serve directly >> or indirectly millions of users that each pay $20/mo which >> is $240/yr, 10 million bucks a year is nothing. > Patrick W Gilmore wrote: > I don't care if you are Microsoft, $10MM a year is a large > enough sum that the company should not spend it if the > company can avoid spending it. The hard part is the caveat. > If you block customers from sharing music on your network, > will you still have customers? If not, then maybe the > $10MM is COGS? That's what I meant, thanks for rephrasing. $10M a year is definitely something that any size company will try to save; I remember posting here not that long ago that a $500k line card is definitely something I do not buy without a good reason. That being said, the speed that allows users to download faster large (and pirated, mostly) files is the #1 selling argument for broadband providers (look at their add campaigns). If you are a residential broadband provider and if you block customers from sharing music on your network, you will not have customers. Michel.
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