September 12, 2007
Web users could slash cost of putting video online
Internet users may have to help distribute online video clips to combat the growing costs delivering such content, reports New Scientist.
"That’s the conclusion of researchers at Microsoft who have studied how peer-to-peer networks could reduce costs for sites like YouTube that spend millions every month to make videos available over the web.
... Video sharing sites currently pay for bandwidth on a "per bit" basis. So the more popular they are, they more they pay for bandwidth.
Canadian researchers estimate that YouTube pays out around 2 million US dollars a month distributing clips, in addition to other costs such as servers and staffing costs.
... Switching to a peer-to-peer technology could cut the costs of distributing video by more than 95 per cent, say the researchers. MSN's servers would only need to provide new clips for the first time, or when making up any shortfalls."
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