You Tube Bandwidth

[midlandi]

I got to thinking last night whilst checking out my file space and bandwith used for my sites,how much bandwidth must You Tube use?
It must be massive!
Any guesses?

 

[temi]

I'm sure it will be measured in terabytes rather than gigabytes

 

[Robster]

This article extract gives you an idea:

The bandwidth companies typically charge video sites up to a penny per minute of video streamed. Big players who buy in bulk get discounted rates: Industry observers estimate that YouTube, which is streaming 40 million videos and 200 terabytes of data per day, may be paying between a tenth of a cent and half a cent per minute. Neither YouTube nor Limelight would comment on their pricing.

from a Forbes article april 2006

 

[midlandi]

Thats some bandwidth!

Good info thanks.