It could be worse: data caps around the world. Here at Ars we spend a lot of time writing about data caps—those ceilings on how much broadband data you can use before your ISP taps you on the shoulder and tells you it's time to pay more. Depending on where you live, these can range from "inconvenient" to "ruinous. " For instance, consider the Middle East's Kingdom of Bahrain. "My capacity refreshes on the 1st of each month and is depleted by the 12th," writes one Internet user there. "At that point my connection falls to 256Kbps (or if I choose, can maintain the same speed for 1 BD [US$2.65]) a GB.
" "So while Canada's situation does suck," he adds, "I wish I was there instead of here. " As we note below, Canadian ISPs definitely cap data use. Companies like Netflix are "putting a great stress on the Internet and there's no incentive for companies to invest in maintaining the Internet," the Commission's head Konrad von Finckenstein warned in early February. The United States Comcast. Time Warner Cable. Canada Rogers Communications. BT. Wireline Costs and Caps: A Few Facts. Bandwidth costs in the U.S. are between 2% and 5% of what we pay for broadband, a very minor part of the cost. So when the Washington Post suggested "It's expensive to run a broadband network," as a legitimate reason to block Netflix and other video I thought to revisit the actual numbers. Broadband is an extraordinarily profitable service. Top Wall Street analysts John Hodulik of UBS and Craig Moffett of Bernstein both report broadband margins of 90% based on official company filings.
My own figure is more like a 75% margin because I allocate additional costs, but either implies running a broadband network is actually inexpensive in relation to the price charged. Bandwidth isn't free. Large European carriers have similar costs to the Americans. High backhaul and bandwidth costs in some parts of the world are important issues. Here are some numbers: 2 cents to 5 cents per gigabyte. . $1/month/customer. 15 gigabytes/month. Going Down: Bandwidth usage growth per customer. Dailymotion chiffres clés Monde et France (Mars/Avril 2009) Amazon Enters OTT Video Subscription Business, Takes on Netflix, Hulu | Telecompetitor.
Amazon just became a major player in the OTT video subscription business. Today they announced their Amazon Prime members can now access over 5,000 movie and TV titles on their Amazon Instant Video service, at no additional charge. With the move, Amazon takes on companies like Netflix and Hulu, both of which also offer subscription OTT video services.
“Millions of Amazon Prime members already enjoy the convenience of free Two-Day Shipping,” said Robbie Schwietzer, vice president of Amazon Prime. “Adding unlimited instant access to thousands of movies and TV shows at no additional cost is a great way to give members even more value for their $79 annual Amazon Prime membership.” Amazon Prime members pay a $79 annual fee and in return get unlimited two-day shipping free. Two data points of note with this move. Second, Amazon is also testing bundling of OTT subscription VOD. Eric Besson, la neutralité du Net et les autoroutes de l'information. Dailymotion’s traffic surges – not being YouTube can be an advantage. Remember Dailymotion? No? You remember! That web site that came out soon after YouTube with lots of video on it.
Still nothing? But that’s not all. “Dailymotion has remained focused on offering the best experience for our users, partners and advertisers,” said Cedric Tournay, CEO of Dailymotion. Dailymotion puts the growth down to curating content from premium partners alongside user generated video and sharing across social networks. Having visited Turkey recently, I can tell you that not being YouTube, which is banned in that country (population, 70 million), is kind’ve a help as well. Dailymotion is a social video site based out of Paris that offers a mix of both amateur and professional content. Auひかりにおける大量データ送信制限の開始について ｜ auひかり（auの光ファイバーサービス） 2011年2月1日 auひかりにおける大量データ送信制限の開始について 平素は、auのインターネットサービスauひかりをご利用いただきまして、誠にありがとうございます。 Auひかりをご利用のお客さまに、より快適かつ安定した環境でサービスをご利用いただくため、一定水準を超えるデータ送信 （ 注1 ） の継続的なご利用がある一部のお客さまについて、ネットワーク資源の公平性確保を目的として上りデータ通信速度の制限を開始します。
快適かつ安定した品質でのサービス提供への取り組みに向け、お客さまのご理解とご協力をお願いします。 1．概要 「auひかり」を快適かつ安定した環境でご利用いただくため、継続的に一定水準を超えるデータ送信をご利用の一部のお客さまに対して、上りデータ通信の速度制限を開始します。 2．対象サービス auひかり ホーム、auひかり マンション ギガ、auひかり マンションミニ 3．制限の対象となるお客さま 1日あたり30GB （ 注2 ） 以上のデータを継続的にインターネットに送信しているお客さまを対象に、上りデータ通信の最大速度を一定水準に制限します。 4．開始日 2011年4月1日（ 金 ） 注1 ） お客さまのパソコンなどからインターネットへの上りデータ通信のこと。 注2 ） 1日あたり30GBの目安：DVDに格納されるデータ量 （ 1枚約4.7GB ） を1日に約6枚、音楽CD （ 1枚約700MB ） を1日に約43枚、またはデジカメ写真（1枚約6MB （ 1，200万画素をJPEG方式 （ 高画質モード ） で記録した場合を想定 ） ） を1日に約5,000枚データ送信することに相当するデータ量となります。
Q1. KDDIでは、「auひかり」で快適なインターネットサービスをご利用いただくため、お客さまのご利用状況に応じて設備増強に努めておりますが、一部のお客さまによる大量の上りデータ送信により、他の多くのお客さまのサービス品質への影響が確認されています。 Q2. 1日あたり30GB以上のデータを継続的にインターネットに送信しているお客さまが対象となります。 Q3. 1日当たり上り30GBとは、具体的にどのような利用をすれば対象となるのですか？ 1日あたり30GBのデータ送信とは次のような内容となります。 Q4. Q5. 特定のファイル交換ソフトの利用を制限するものではありません。 Average Web Page Size Quintuples Since 2003 - web page statistics and survey trends for page size and web objects. Summary: Within the last five years, the size of the average web page has more than tripled, and the number of external objects has more than doubled. The data appears to suggest that the more popular a web page, the smaller the total file size. The size of the average web page of the top 1000 websites has more than tripled since 2008 (our last update in May 2011 found it had more than septupled since 2003).
In the past five years from 2008 to late 2012 the average web page grew from 312K to 1114K (see Figure 1), over 3.5 times larger (Domenech et al. 2007, Flinn & Betcher 2008, Charzinsk 2010, Souders 2012). During the same five-year period, the number of objects in the average web page has more than doubled from 49.9 to 100 objects per page in November 2012. Figure 1: Growth of the Average Web Page Average Web Page versus Survey Size In the HTTParchive.org site, the data also reveals the average web page for the top 292,880 pages is 1249K in size made of up 86 objects on average. B.