Observed arrival · 2026-11-03
Octet estimates the proposed tax on bytes
A calculator estimates what France’s proposed per-gigabyte data-delivery tax could mean for a website.
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- French website operators estimating data-delivery costs
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- Its estimate uses a 0.74 monthly-volume coefficient for repeat visits and caching, and displays two readings of the proposed cap.
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The estimator’s stated method transfers a page’s resources to measure its weight, then projects monthly volume using a 0.74 coefficient for repeat visits and cache savings. It applies the proposed €0.055 rate per decimal gigabyte and displays two readings of the cap, which the page says could differ by 7.5× to more than 100×. The author identifies the site as independent and says it was made by a developer in one week.
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