Apple could have saved $15 million if iTunes used P2P

[Saint]

Check out this interesting post I found;

http://www.thewhir.com/blogs/Isabel-...andwidth-Costs

Johnny Cakes, Red Swoosh's probably non-existent "Downloader in Chief", read on the BBC that Apple has sold 1.5 billion songs and tens of millions of TV shows and movies through iTunes. He calculates that...


* 1.5 billion songs x 5 MB = 7,500 TB
* 25 million TV shows x 700 MB = 17,500 TB
* 25 million movies x 2 GB = 50,000 TB
* 75,000 TB x $200 per TB in Akamai bandwidth = $15 million, which Apple could use to:


* Buy the world a Coke
* Give away 100,000 iPhones
* Buy 3,750 Segways and a lifetime supply of hot dogs
* Buy Sealand

[Ron]

Is Apple on the Longhorn, Bulk Reseller or VPS?

Just curious.

[the_ancient]

Or they could have Paid Cisco off and avoided a Lawsuit

[lokki]

Or they could have Paid Cisco off and avoided a Lawsuit