Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:33:04 +0100 From: fredrik danerklint <fredan-nanog@fredan.se> Subject: Re: 10 Mbit/s problem in your network
Since when have you started to publish your sensitive corporate documents on public sites, cause that's what's needed for TLMC to cache your documents in the first place.
You seem to be mistaken that any bandwidth issue will be remedied by TLMC. A significant number (well over the 50% mark I'd wager) will not be remedied. This thread was started over such a subject. The Apple TV cited as an example was an example. Travellers, be they corporate or leisure, have significant networking needs that the TLMC cannot address. Just think of "The Cloud" (yes, I'll go and flog myself for bringing it into a discussion on NANOG), where people are storing their (semi-) private documents or files - in the end it's similar to connecting back to the office to access the fileserver.
How about those who have limited bandwidth to the Internet? Like ferries, trains, buses or satellite links...
And pray tell me, why should they all have TLMC's ? If the concepts and technologies underlying "The Internet" were invented to have the same ubiquitous speed for all, I think it would have a fairly different design. Now if you're a content provider, then yes I can imagine why you'd like everybody else to pay for better ways to deliver your content without having to pay for it yourself. The examples you cite are the prime examples where users either bring their own entertainment, or it is already provided. On a long airplane flight it is quite uncommon to not have some offering with movies or audio, free or paid is outside scope since TLMC's won't be free either. After all, when I sleep or travel on the road my bandwidth use is vastly different from when at home, work or at a hotel. Within this discussion we're talking about the actual last mile. A proxy or cache won't be of any use if the users can't get to it with sufficient bandwidth to make it work anyway. Kind regards, JP Velders