Nielsen Data Offers Real Reason ISPs Are Metering

Submitted: April 23, 2009 - 8:49pm
Originally published: April 23, 2009
Last updated: April 23, 2009 - 8:50pm

Source: GigaOm

Author: Stacey Higginbotham

A report out today from Nielsen shows why Internet Service Providers and telecommunications equipment vendors are increasingly demonizing video: it consumes a lot of bandwidth, and could compete with an ISP's existing video businesses. But the worst part is that it's rapidly becoming more popular to the average consumer.

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