This article from Forbes is enlightening: The bandwith bill for YouTube is running at about a million bucks a month. Odds are it’s not going down (or holding steady) any time soon. They’ve raised $11.5 million in venture capital in the past year, which means that six months from now, you’re likely to see a YouTube with a lot more ads, plus pay-for-premium-placement real estate on the home page.

Limelight Networks is the bandwidth provider to YouTube. No, they’re not a public company.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006 at 6:00 am and is filed under Internet Stuff.