Hey folks One part of capacity planning that is always challenging at times with various providers I have worked with is determining the traffic levels required for upcoming events such as World Cup. Obviously there is speculation and it varies dependent on the provider, their geography, and size of eyeball/downstream eyeball customers. Is there any resources out there other than news articles that provide for a reasonable estimation as to how much impact World Cup will have for example? I’ve heard offline from some folks that put World Cup at greater traffic levels than the recent Olympics for example but have no way to know if that is a pure guess or an educated estimate. I am assuming that the CDN’s involved have some pretty accurate ideas on what to expect but in the past I have not been able to get feedback from them with any specific estimations. Thanks, Paul
Sports events have their rights sold on per country basis; this leads to some fragmentation of those numbers as network X has the rights for country 1, network Y for country 2, and they account their numbers separate even if they use the same CDN. Considering Soccer (or Football as we non-US call it) is not so popular in the US, my guess (not an estimate) is for traffic levels for the US network that carries the World Cup online to not be as high as Summer and/or Winter Olympics. What we have pretty good educated estimates is for 2014 World Cup streaming to Brazil to be higher in volume than what was seen in the Olympics streaming to the US. Rubens On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> wrote:
Hey folks
One part of capacity planning that is always challenging at times with various providers I have worked with is determining the traffic levels required for upcoming events such as World Cup. Obviously there is speculation and it varies dependent on the provider, their geography, and size of eyeball/downstream eyeball customers.
Is there any resources out there other than news articles that provide for a reasonable estimation as to how much impact World Cup will have for example? I’ve heard offline from some folks that put World Cup at greater traffic levels than the recent Olympics for example but have no way to know if that is a pure guess or an educated estimate.
I am assuming that the CDN’s involved have some pretty accurate ideas on what to expect but in the past I have not been able to get feedback from them with any specific estimations.
Thanks,
Paul
Thank you. I’m actually based in Canada and there is a strong following of Soccer here :) Akamai will be doing the streaming here (not sure about the US or other countries). I have reached out to them in the past to ask questions about anticipated volumes and they never answer with details. Thanks, Paul From: Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@gmail.com> Date: Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 12:57 PM To: Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> Cc: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: World Cup Streaming
Sports events have their rights sold on per country basis; this leads to some fragmentation of those numbers as network X has the rights for country 1, network Y for country 2, and they account their numbers separate even if they use the same CDN.
Considering Soccer (or Football as we non-US call it) is not so popular in the US, my guess (not an estimate) is for traffic levels for the US network that carries the World Cup online to not be as high as Summer and/or Winter Olympics.
What we have pretty good educated estimates is for 2014 World Cup streaming to Brazil to be higher in volume than what was seen in the Olympics streaming to the US.
Rubens
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> wrote:
Hey folks
One part of capacity planning that is always challenging at times with various providers I have worked with is determining the traffic levels required for upcoming events such as World Cup. Obviously there is speculation and it varies dependent on the provider, their geography, and size of eyeball/downstream eyeball customers.
Is there any resources out there other than news articles that provide for a reasonable estimation as to how much impact World Cup will have for example? I’ve heard offline from some folks that put World Cup at greater traffic levels than the recent Olympics for example but have no way to know if that is a pure guess or an educated estimate.
I am assuming that the CDN’s involved have some pretty accurate ideas on what to expect but in the past I have not been able to get feedback from them with any specific estimations.
Thanks,
Paul
In Canada, the last Winter Olympic Games were streamed from olympics.cbc.ca (hosted by Akamai), which helped us find which upstream provider we would be getting the content from. Does anyone know which hostname will be used for the cbc.ca World Cup streaming? Thanks, Alvaro Pereira On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> wrote:
Thank you.
I’m actually based in Canada and there is a strong following of Soccer here :)
Akamai will be doing the streaming here (not sure about the US or other countries). I have reached out to them in the past to ask questions about anticipated volumes and they never answer with details.
Thanks, Paul
From: Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@gmail.com> Date: Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 12:57 PM To: Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> Cc: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: World Cup Streaming
Sports events have their rights sold on per country basis; this leads to
fragmentation of those numbers as network X has the rights for country 1, network Y for country 2, and they account their numbers separate even if
use the same CDN.
Considering Soccer (or Football as we non-US call it) is not so popular in the US, my guess (not an estimate) is for traffic levels for the US network
carries the World Cup online to not be as high as Summer and/or Winter Olympics.
What we have pretty good educated estimates is for 2014 World Cup streaming to Brazil to be higher in volume than what was seen in the Olympics streaming to the US.
Rubens
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> wrote:
Hey folks
One part of capacity planning that is always challenging at times with various providers I have worked with is determining the traffic levels required for upcoming events such as World Cup. Obviously there is speculation and it varies dependent on the provider, their geography, and size of eyeball/downstream eyeball customers.
Is there any resources out there other than news articles that provide for a reasonable estimation as to how much impact World Cup will have for example? I’ve heard offline from some folks that put World Cup at greater traffic levels than the recent Olympics for example but have no way to know if
some they that that
is a pure guess or an educated estimate.
I am assuming that the CDN’s involved have some pretty accurate ideas on what to expect but in the past I have not been able to get feedback from them with any specific estimations.
Thanks,
Paul
CBC in Canada has just released details about their World Cup app. http://mobilesyrup.com/2014/06/09/cbcs-fifa-world-cup-2014-app-offers-live-m... I heard that some of the broadcasters had privacy agreements with Akamai which is why they wouldn't share event traffic predictions. I reached out to Akamai before the 2014 Winter Olympics and they wouldn't share anything. -- Clinton Work Airdrie, AB On Sun, Jun 8, 2014, at 03:48 PM, Alvaro Pereira wrote:
In Canada, the last Winter Olympic Games were streamed from olympics.cbc.ca (hosted by Akamai), which helped us find which upstream provider we would be getting the content from.
Does anyone know which hostname will be used for the cbc.ca World Cup streaming?
Thanks,
Alvaro Pereira
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> wrote:
Thank you.
I’m actually based in Canada and there is a strong following of Soccer here :)
Akamai will be doing the streaming here (not sure about the US or other countries). I have reached out to them in the past to ask questions about anticipated volumes and they never answer with details.
Thanks, Paul
From: Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@gmail.com> Date: Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 12:57 PM To: Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> Cc: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: World Cup Streaming
Sports events have their rights sold on per country basis; this leads to
fragmentation of those numbers as network X has the rights for country 1, network Y for country 2, and they account their numbers separate even if
use the same CDN.
Considering Soccer (or Football as we non-US call it) is not so popular in the US, my guess (not an estimate) is for traffic levels for the US network
carries the World Cup online to not be as high as Summer and/or Winter Olympics.
What we have pretty good educated estimates is for 2014 World Cup streaming to Brazil to be higher in volume than what was seen in the Olympics streaming to the US.
Rubens
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> wrote:
Hey folks
One part of capacity planning that is always challenging at times with various providers I have worked with is determining the traffic levels required for upcoming events such as World Cup. Obviously there is speculation and it varies dependent on the provider, their geography, and size of eyeball/downstream eyeball customers.
Is there any resources out there other than news articles that provide for a reasonable estimation as to how much impact World Cup will have for example? I’ve heard offline from some folks that put World Cup at greater traffic levels than the recent Olympics for example but have no way to know if
some they that that
is a pure guess or an educated estimate.
I am assuming that the CDN’s involved have some pretty accurate ideas on what to expect but in the past I have not been able to get feedback from them with any specific estimations.
Thanks,
Paul
-- Clinton Work Airdrie, AB
There are three reasons to expect US viewing will be significantly higher than in World Cups past: 1. The WC will be in the same time zone as most of the US viewing audience; 2. While the USA team will not win, they are good enough they may make multiple rounds. 3. British (English) humor is popular in the US. Very four years, the "Three Lions" comedy troupe put on a performance that has them rolling in the aisles. With cult performers Rooney, Gerrard, Welbeck, and Hart, hijinks will ensue and fun will be had by all![1] 1. Except the English, who will be bitter and depressed. But they are happiest being bitter and depressed. On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@gmail.com> wrote:
Sports events have their rights sold on per country basis; this leads to some fragmentation of those numbers as network X has the rights for country 1, network Y for country 2, and they account their numbers separate even if they use the same CDN.
Considering Soccer (or Football as we non-US call it) is not so popular in the US, my guess (not an estimate) is for traffic levels for the US network that carries the World Cup online to not be as high as Summer and/or Winter Olympics.
What we have pretty good educated estimates is for 2014 World Cup streaming to Brazil to be higher in volume than what was seen in the Olympics streaming to the US.
Rubens
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> wrote:
Hey folks
One part of capacity planning that is always challenging at times with various providers I have worked with is determining the traffic levels required for upcoming events such as World Cup. Obviously there is speculation and it varies dependent on the provider, their geography, and size of eyeball/downstream eyeball customers.
Is there any resources out there other than news articles that provide for a reasonable estimation as to how much impact World Cup will have for example? I’ve heard offline from some folks that put World Cup at greater traffic levels than the recent Olympics for example but have no way to know if that is a pure guess or an educated estimate.
I am assuming that the CDN’s involved have some pretty accurate ideas on what to expect but in the past I have not been able to get feedback from them with any specific estimations.
Thanks,
Paul
-- Fletcher Kittredge GWI 8 Pomerleau Street Biddeford, ME 04005-9457 207-602-1134
3. British (English) humor is popular in the US. Very four years, the "Three Lions" comedy troupe put on a performance that has them rolling in the aisles. With cult performers Rooney, Gerrard, Welbeck, and Hart, hijinks will ensue and fun will be had by all![1]
1. Except the English, who will be bitter and depressed. But they are happiest being bitter and depressed.
As a Limey, touche sir, touche. Rooney is the 2960G of football, plenty of potential but you know he won't quite cut it in the enterprise space. With that said, the hair transplant may provide additional buffer space for balls delivered with higher MTU. Chris
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