Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix

[Ulf Zimmermann <ulf () alameda net>]

iBeam tried to do that. If only they had used something else than Windows
Server and other Microsoft products to do the caching.



On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Aled Morris <aledm () qix co uk> wrote:

> On 13 July 2014 06:39, Steven Tardy <sjt5atra () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > (OK, Keep 100mbps for Netflix to pre-populate, 100mbps is 30TB/month)
> > (Now I'm curious how many GB/month Netflix pre-populates, hmmm)
>
> Shame Netflix can't fill their appliances using really cheap, bulk, one-way
> satellite bandwidth which is useless for most other Internet applications.
>  Then their traffic wouldn't use any of your real, paid for, transit.
>
> Of course siting a dish would be another expense with hosting one of their
> boxes, but if it made the on-going costs go away...
>
> Aled



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