On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Brett Glass <nanog@brettglass.com> wrote:
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If Netflix tries to use its market power to harm ISPs, or to smear us via nasty on-screen messages as it has been smearing Verizon, ISPs have no choice but to react. One way we could do this -- and I'm strongly considering it -- is to start up a competing streaming service that IS friendly to ISPs. It would use the minimum possible amount of bandwidth, make proper use of caching, and -- most importantly -- actually PAY Internet service providers, instead of sapping their resources, by allowing them to sell it and keep a portion of the fee. This would provide an automatic, direct, per-customer reimbursement to the ISP for the cost of bandwidth. ISPs would sign on so fast that such a service could BURY Netflix in short order.
--Brett Glass
That would be awesome! If you find a way to obtain premium content that subscribers will pay for that doesn't include incredibly restrictive licensing terms that require you to account for every stream watched (including those streamed from downstream cache devices), I'm right there ready. Unfortunately, I suspect you'll find the rights holders who own the shows aren't willing to let their videos be served through a CDN that doesn't maintain draconian control over every stream (ie, that doesn't allow third party, uncontrolled caching). So, you may be able to build such a CDN; but the only content you may find that you can populate it with are cute cat videos recycled from last week's Youtube footage--which nobody wants to pay for. :( Matt