Comments on: Newspapers: Vanishing faster than you think http://ryansholin.com/2008/09/29/newspapers-vanishing-faster-than-you-think/ The future of news. And more. No funny stuff. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: www.bastimmers.nl » Blog Archive » Diginews 46: Get on with the show http://ryansholin.com/2008/09/29/newspapers-vanishing-faster-than-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-12498 www.bastimmers.nl » Blog Archive » Diginews 46: Get on with the show Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:03:32 +0000 http://ryansholin.com/?p=1028#comment-12498 [...] Sholin voegde daar nog een aantal observaties aan toe. De belangrijkste is dat het massapubliek langzaam verdwijnt. Er is [...] [...] Sholin voegde daar nog een aantal observaties aan toe. De belangrijkste is dat het massapubliek langzaam verdwijnt. Er is [...]

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]]> By: Will Leffert http://ryansholin.com/2008/09/29/newspapers-vanishing-faster-than-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-12489 Will Leffert Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:04:08 +0000 http://ryansholin.com/?p=1028#comment-12489 I wouldn't say that the online medium has no variable cost. Bandwidth does cost money, as does space. Bloggers can utilize various free services for their medium, but professional newspapers that require more functionality/control will need to invest in server space, processing power, and bandwidth. The larger the audience, the greater the scalability requirements must be. Look at the Slashdot effect; Linkage from the front page of Slashdot can bring entire websites to their knees - either by exceeding bandwidth limits, or by overloading the server hosting the machine to the point of having the account locked down (assuming a 3rd party hosting provider - hosting your own server means you may get to literally put out the flames of your smoldering server(s)). Some providers tout "unlimited" bandwidth, which while beautiful, is rarely really all its cracked up to be. Either there is an invisible cap, or the reliability of the servers is enough to make the unlimited bandwidth not even close to worthwhile. I've never seen cheap or free bandwidth come without a serious cut elsewhere. Hate to be a downer, of course :) I love the online medium. To say that there is no variable cost, however, would be a bit of a stretch. I myself have been hit with enough traffic spikes to know this first hand. I wouldn’t say that the online medium has no variable cost. Bandwidth does cost money, as does space. Bloggers can utilize various free services for their medium, but professional newspapers that require more functionality/control will need to invest in server space, processing power, and bandwidth. The larger the audience, the greater the scalability requirements must be. Look at the Slashdot effect; Linkage from the front page of Slashdot can bring entire websites to their knees – either by exceeding bandwidth limits, or by overloading the server hosting the machine to the point of having the account locked down (assuming a 3rd party hosting provider – hosting your own server means you may get to literally put out the flames of your smoldering server(s)).

Some providers tout “unlimited” bandwidth, which while beautiful, is rarely really all its cracked up to be. Either there is an invisible cap, or the reliability of the servers is enough to make the unlimited bandwidth not even close to worthwhile. I’ve never seen cheap or free bandwidth come without a serious cut elsewhere.

Hate to be a downer, of course :) I love the online medium. To say that there is no variable cost, however, would be a bit of a stretch. I myself have been hit with enough traffic spikes to know this first hand.

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