Re: Broadcast television in an IP world

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

Not all networks have unlimited nor easily upgraded access networks. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 

Midwest-IX 
http://www.midwest-ix.com 

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From: "Baldur Norddahl" <baldur.norddahl () gmail com> 
To: nanog () nanog org 
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 4:11:21 AM 
Subject: Re: Broadcast television in an IP world 

Den 21. nov. 2017 00.42 skrev "Luke Guillory" <lguillory () reservetele com>: 

Why would an ISP not want to conserve edge resources? If I’m doing iptv I’m 
better off doing multicast which would conserve loads of BW for something 
popular like the Super Bowl. Especially if I’m doing this over docsis. 



You pay for 95th percentile. If that is decided by everyone watching Game 
of Thrones one day, then using the same resources for Super Bowl the next 
day will be for free.