If you are in the ISP business as a smaller provider that typically pays transit fees, you probably already knew that.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Large ISPs Profit From BitTorrent, Smaller ISPs Don't
A new study by Northwestern University and Telefónica Research suggests some Internet access providers might make money from supplying BitTorrent, while others lose money. The report suggests that larger ISPs able to participate in peering can make money, while ISPs paying transit fees lose money. Read the study here
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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