3 Dec
2010
3 Dec
'10
12:06 p.m.
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:47:44 -0500 From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> Subject: Re: The scale of streaming video on the Internet. To: Owen DeLong <owen@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