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Internet customers are called 'eyeballs' in the ISP industry

Original: # til that for ISPs the customers wanting to connect to the internet are actually called eyeballs. I thought that was so

Internet service providers use the industry term 'eyeballs' to refer to customers who connect to the internet, reflecting how providers value users primarily as viewers of content. A networking enthusiast shared the discovery, admitting they had assumed the term was a joke rather than genuine jargon. The term is standard in discussions of traffic and network economics.

Why now: The surprising jargon strikes people as amusing and counterintuitive about how the industry views its customers

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• # til that for ISPs the customers wanting to connect to the internet are actually called eyeballs. I thought that was some funny term https:// seriesoftub.es chose (cool game btw) # networking # isp # eyeballs # internet · winkelmesser · 2

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