YouTube consumes “a lot less than you think ” in traffic data to Google, the company said. Even with more than 1 billion visitors per day, the cost of the video site YouTube, in terms of bandwidth consumption is low thanks to file-sharing networks, shows a survey released by security firm Arbor Networks.

The study on the global Internet traffic, by the University of Michigan and Merit Networks in the United States, generated controversy after publishing a report in Wired magazine said that the bill is paid by YouTube’s ‘near zero’ to Google .

According to a note from the site Data Center Knowledge, the YouTube account “does not cost zero, but can be lean because the video service distribution delivery costs through sharing networks partners. Moreover, its structure is part of an internal network called GoogleNet linking the Google data centers through fiber optic cables acquired by the Internet giant.

In the evaluation of online video expert, Dan Rayburn, the study was interpreted incorrectly by Wired.com, as Arbor Networks relation to cost of “traffic”, which are different from costs of “bandwidth”.

According to Rayburn, although Google can save by making a network for sharing data with major service providers, is not likely to make the same agreements with small providers.
Google does not report the amounts spent on their services, but a recent post on YouTube suggests that the company is not losing money on the video site.

Via: Data Center Knowledge.