iBeam tried to do that. If only they had used something else than Windows Server and other Microsoft products to do the caching. On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Aled Morris <aledm@qix.co.uk> wrote:
On 13 July 2014 06:39, Steven Tardy <sjt5atra@gmail.com> wrote:
(OK, Keep 100mbps for Netflix to pre-populate, 100mbps is 30TB/month) (Now I'm curious how many GB/month Netflix pre-populates, hmmm)
Shame Netflix can't fill their appliances using really cheap, bulk, one-way satellite bandwidth which is useless for most other Internet applications. Then their traffic wouldn't use any of your real, paid for, transit.
Of course siting a dish would be another expense with hosting one of their boxes, but if it made the on-going costs go away...
Aled
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