That is only for musicŠ Photos will be the big killer, documents and iDevice backups as well.
ŠSkeeve -- Skeeve Stevens, CEO - eintellego Pty Ltd - The Networking Specialists ske...@eintellego.net ; www.eintellego.net Phone: 1300 753 383 ; Fax: (+612) 8572 9954 Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve facebook.com/eintellego or eintell...@facebook.com twitter.com/networkceoau ; www.linkedin.com/in/skeeve PO Box 7726, Baulkham Hills, NSW 1755 Australia -- eintellego - The Experts that the Experts call - Juniper - HP Networking - Cisco - Brocade -----Original Message----- From: Andrey Khomyakov <khomyakov.and...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 08:52:37 -0400 To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: iCloud - Is it going to hurt access providers? >My understanding was that the whole point of iCloud is to not upload but >rather use Apple's stored music files as long as you have them in your >library. You have a valid point however with other similar services, like >amazon's. But that's been out for a while. > >--Andrey > > >On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Skeeve Stevens ><ske...@eintellego.net>wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I've been thinking about the impact that iCloud (by Apple) will have on >>the >> Internet. >> >> My guess is that 99% of consumer internet access is Asymmetrical (DSL, >> Cable, wireless, etc) and iCloud when launched will 'upload' obscene >>amounts >> of gigs of music, tv, backups, email, photos, documents/data and so on >>to >> their data centres. >> >> Now, don't misunderstand me, I love the concept of iCloud, as I do >>DropBox, >> but from an Access Providers perspective, I'm thinking this might be a >>'bad >> thing'. >> >> From what I can see there are some key issues: >> >> * Users with plans that count upload and download together. >> * The speed of Asymmetric tail technology such as DSL >> * The design of access provider backhaul (from DSLAM to core) metrics >> * The design of some transit metrics >> >> So basically the potential issue is that a large residential provider >>could >> have thousands of users connect to iCloud, their connections slowed >>because >> of uploading data, burning their included bandwidth caps, slowing down >>the >> backhaul segment of the network, and as residential providers are mostly >> download, some purchase transit from their upstreams in an symmetric >> fashion. >> >> This post is really just to prompt discussion if people think there is >> anything to actually worry about, or there are other implications that >>I've >> not really thought of yet. >> >> ŠSkeeve >> >> -- >> >> Skeeve Stevens, CEO - eintellego Pty Ltd - The Networking Specialists >> >> ske...@eintellego.net<mailto:ske...@eintellego.net> ; www.eintellego.net >> >> Phone: 1300 753 383 ; Fax: (+612) 8572 9954 >> >> Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve >> >> facebook.com/eintellego or eintell...@facebook.com<mailto: >> eintell...@facebook.com> >> >> twitter.com/networkceoau ; www.linkedin.com/in/skeeve >> >> PO Box 7726, Baulkham Hills, NSW 1755 Australia >> >> >> -- >> >> eintellego - The Experts that the Experts call >> >> - Juniper - HP Networking - Cisco - Brocade >>
