Re: Internet Video: The Next Wave of Massive Disruption to the US Peer ing Ecosystem (v1.2)

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- "William B. Norton" <bill.norton () gmail com> wrote:

> On 1/9/07, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
>
> > I think it remains to be seen that that model will actually change
> > dramatically to more of a "semi- real-time" model, regardless of
> > the desires (or fears) of various vendors or operators.
>
> Hmm...I should have been more clear. I'm comparing the options a video
> guy has : buy transit to distribute the videos, buy CDN services, buy
> a mix or transit and peering, or use P2P. I have sample configurations
> and cost models for each, and cost them in units of $/video
> distributed for side to side comparison.
>
> From the reviews and discussions it was interesting how entrenched and
> enraged some people became when the p2p distribution model costed out
> to be the cheapest by far:

Well, cost issues speak for themselves.

Adoption issues, of course, are another issue entirely. :-)

- - ferg

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