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Re: The scale of streaming video on the Internet.


From: Martin Hotze <M.Hotze () hotze com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 17:06:46 +0000

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:47:44 -0500
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Subject: Re: The scale of streaming video on the Internet.
To: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Cc: nanog () nanog org
(...)
But there's a third mechanism worth considering as well: the caching
proxy.

IMHO it is a waste of bandwidth to use IP/network-based infrastructure for stuff like unidirectional data - like 
distributing a movie (on demand or scheduled). In this case nothing beats a satellite transponder and a dish, also 
cost-wise.

#m



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