Re: iOS 7 update traffic

[Warren Bailey <wbailey () satelliteintelligencegroup com>]

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Good example of the flash crowds post hockey championship It's not all
butterflies, Abley.. LOL

On 9/19/13 11:42 AM, "Joe Abley" <jabley () hopcount ca> wrote:

> On 2013-09-19, at 14:11, Warren Bailey
> <wbailey () satelliteintelligencegroup com> wrote:
>
> > I don't see how operators could tolerate this, honestly. I can't think
> > of a single provider who does not oversubscribe their access platform...
> > Which leads me to this question :
> >
> > Why does apple feel it is okay to send every mobile device an update on
> > a single day?
>
> How is this different from the flash crowds caused by hockey
> championships, or football games, or any of the other things that
> generate a lot of simultaneous interest every once in a while?
>
> > Never mind the fact that we are we ones on the last mile responsible
> > for getting it to their customers, 1gb per sub is pretty serious.. Why
> > are they not caching at their head ends, dslams, etc?
>
> Given that the code is signed, I'm surprised that iDevices that have
> already upgraded the hard way don't advertise a "update available"
> service on local networks. Individual devices don't care where the
> updates come from, so long as the signatures are good.
>
> You'd think that'd have the potential to improve the user experience as
> well as avoid jamming the tubes, especially in highly multi-user
> environments like university campuses; it could probably halve the
> network load in a significant number of home networks, too.
>
>
> Joe