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Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP
From: Blake Hudson <blake () ispn net>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 10:53:00 -0500
Jay Ashworth wrote the following on 5/16/2014 10:35 AM:
Applications like Skype and Facetime (especially conference calls) would be one example where an application benefits from symmetric (or asymmetric in favor of higher upload speed) connectivity. Cloud office applications like storage of documents, email, and IVR telephony also benefit from symmetrical connectivity. Off-site backup software is another great example. Most residential connections are ill suited for this. I believe these applications (and derivatives) would be more popular today if the connectivity was available.----- Original Message -----From: "Mark Tinka" <mark.tinka () seacom mu> While that is true a lot of the time (especially for eyeball networks), it is less so now due to social media. Social media forces the use of symmetric bandwidth (like FTTH), putting even more demand on the network,Oh yes; clearly, Twitter will be the end of L3. :-) Could you expand a bit, Mark on "Social media forces the use of symmetric bandwidth"? Which social media platform is it that you think has a) symmetrical flows that b) are big enough to figure into transit symmetry? Cheers, -- jra
--Blake
Current thread:
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3), (continued)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) Michael Thomas (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) Scott Helms (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) Michael Thomas (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) Scott Helms (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) Jared Mauch (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) Owen DeLong (May 18)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) Matthew Petach (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Mark Tinka (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) Michael Thomas (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Jay Ashworth (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Blake Hudson (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Scott Helms (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Blake Hudson (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Scott Helms (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Blake Hudson (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Scott Helms (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Blake Hudson (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Christopher Morrow (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Blake Hudson (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Christopher Morrow (May 16)
- Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Mark Tinka (May 17)