Sunday traffic curiosity

Mon Mar 23 01:45:06 UTC 2020

Hugo,

> On 23 Mar 2020, at 01:32, Hugo Slabbert <hugo at slabnet.com> wrote:
> 
> I think that's the thing:
> Drop cache boxes inside eyeball networks; fill the caches during off-peak; unicast from the cache boxes inside the eyeball provider's network to subscribers.  Do a single stream from source to each "replication point" (cache box) rather than a stream per ultimate receiver from the source, then a unicast stream per ultimate receiver from their selected "replication point".  You solve the administrative control problem since the "replication point" is an appliance just getting power & connectivity from the connectivity service provider, with the appliance remaining under the administrative control of the content provider.

But that’s already happening. All big content providers are doing just that. They even sponsor you the appliance(s) to make more money and save on transit costs ;)

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