[explain]

Shouldn't be paying for bandwidth.

[thunderfork]

No such thing as a free lunch - whatever balance sheet it lands on, every byte of every request costs someone something.

[stefan_]

No, the link exists, every second you saturate it or not, and if not it's just lost bytes.

[urda]

That's not how bandwidth metering works at all.

[sitkack]

Yeah, because they use Google Cloud. /s

If you think Wikipedia is delivering over a metered link, turn in your nerd card at the front desk.

[urda]

I just about gave myself whiplash reading that, your critical thinking is all over the place and completely disconnected with reality.

You poorly assumed bandwidth is free (like many people do it is a common mistake), which tells me everything I need to know. Take your own advice: hand in your nerd card at the front desk, and don’t even think about passing go or collecting 200.

[sitkack]

How to tell people you don’t know how carrier grade internet connections work.

[tatersolid]

Every request contributes to server costs. Every byte contributes to the 95/5 pricing. Wikipedia can’t afford private peering with every ISP in the world.

[Affric]

Yep but Wikipedia exists to freely disseminate information to humans. Should they pay for the bandwidth for AI agents?

[explain]

Bandwidth is dirt cheap. I do 30 petabytes per month.

[nullpoint420]

I assume it’s for work, but man am I jealous. Cox Internet has me on a 1TB/mo cap.