People Who Dump Pay TV End Up Using 7X More Bandwidth Than Average

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People Who Dump Pay TV End Up Using 7X More Bandwidth Than Average

People who are "cord cutters" are bandwidth hogs according to new data from Sandvine, via Re/Code. People who are looking at dumping paying for TV end up watching video through the internet which takes up a lot of bandwidth.

This is part of the conundrum for anyone hoping to disrupt the TV industry by creating a web-based video product. For the most part, the companies that own the pay-TV business also own the internet delivery business. If you stop paying for TV, they'll just raise their rates on the internet.

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