> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:47:44 -0500 > From: William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> > Subject: Re: The scale of streaming video on the Internet. > To: Owen DeLong <o...@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
