A survey in the Uk, that in command of, among others, the BBC and Skype is running, has as its conclusion that the costs that providers say the need for the increasing volume of data traffic, not as high as they claim.
“The cost of internet traffic to relate, relate to a small percentage of the total revenue from connections”, in the report of the bureau Plum. “Despite the growth of traffic, it is expected that the percentage remains the same or decreases.” The costs for the growth at 0.01 to 0.03 euro per GB. This would be research in Canada and the United Kingdom, according to Plum shown.
The claims of internet service providers that the costs are skyrocketing, are also ‘a myth’, says the research firm. The bureau also notes that technological developments the costs will continue to go down. The conclusion is especially true for fixed networks. Although the costs for expanding bandwidth on mobile networks are higher, would be for mobile data networks that the cost per GB is still a lot lower than the price per GB that customers pay. “The growth of data traffic seems to be not only profitable, but can also lead to lower average cost per transmitted GB.”
The research attempts in the document to the various myths about traffic to puncture, including claims that the demand of customers left behind, that providers of services rather than consumers are responsible for the increase and that that providers a “free ride” to their services on the networks. These conclusions will be the clients for the research are music to the ears: BBC, Skype, Channel 4 and Yahoo would with their services are responsible for the increase in traffic.
The British Internet Service Providers’ Association, points to the conclusions opposite PcPro of the hand: “Bandwidth is by far the main cost item for an isp.” This is true according to a member of the board of directors of the organization, especially for smaller isps. The claims in the research on the cost-per-GB he calls ‘rubbish’. “It is a multiple of that.”
