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		axod on Feb 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Chat Thing Convore Is Google Wave Minus the Su... FWIW, file upload is a drop in the ocean compared to the bandwidth of managing a large number of chat users lines of chat ;)

jhrobert on Feb 13, 2011 [–]

Is this true? I have a similar issue. So far I too consider that hosting files costs a lot, whereas bandwidth (for text) is reasonably cheap. Am I missing something?

axod on Feb 13, 2011 | [–]

The much worse cost is in policing content and dealing with illegal content.

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