Re: [Asrg] Spam Ecomomics

Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org> Fri, 31 December 2004 15:28 UTC

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> I believe that even with 90% spam, the number of backbone bits used
> for email is less than that used for web pages or for file sharing.
> 
> The costs of spam are out at the edges, mail servers and customer
> support.

It is obvious HTTP would win, and P2P would be a good rival, but email 
is not far behind. Statistics change between different service 
providers, but when you need 30% more bandwidth because of spam, it's 
still a cost.

Thing is, who makes money from these 30% being provided? Answer is, 
everyone but the lowest in the chain of consumers.

	Gadi.

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