Just thinking about recent reddit news and how they’re sperging that “third party apps” will dodge ads while costing them money.
That brings me to the question: Is the fundamental limit to hosting on the internet just bandwidth costs?
Sure there’s some costs of developers and routine maintenance but it seems to me the limit of a website will always be the ongoing bandwidth costs.
Is there a good equation to quantify this?
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Bandwith is bought in tiers and packages, all of which vary depending on your server location, so probably not a equation.
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Are there markets that buy and sell bandwidth given demand?
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Depends what you mean, VPSs exist, but not NYSE for bandwitch like its a commodity because it is similar to power in that it isnt easily a commodity.
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Aren’t there literal energy markets though?
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That really depends on what you mean.
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I recall the drama over the Texas energy market ERCOT but I’ve also run into discussions in the Bitcoin space concerning the price of electricity in general.
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Bitcoins exchange is a function of expended energy vs the energy to currently mine some, you cannot withdrawal the energy used to mine it, only avoid having to use the energy (and the hardware) yourself to mine it at relatively deflated power.
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Is there a market for the current diameter of the water mains under your street?
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A day or two ago, you wrote that if your dad saw your posts here, he'd just laugh at how funny you are. This flagged a few ❓❓❓ for me bc everything I've seen you say is intentionally angry/upset/harsh.
@lain's q was dumb but still good
Your analogy makes no sense. AWS offers spot pricing for compute based off market demand. They don't do the same for egress bandwidth. Why is that?
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Because actually using the pipes is almost free compared to inspecting and routing the packets. My dad is also an angry person if that eases your troubled mind
e: you also can't "scale up" bandwidth cpacity on demand. It's a physical limit like the size of your plumbing. You're either saturating the pipe or you're not.
Maybe things will change when every telecommunications line is fully saturated 24/7
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