Ah, I must have missed this, but Google seem to be into ISP Edge Caching now too. Even it the WSJ can't understand it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/21/blogging-google-wall-street-journal-murdoch
2008/12/18 Brian Butterworth <[email protected]> > I seem to remember when I proposed ISP on-site caching for the iPlayer, > there were many naysayers. > > So, I am pleased to read: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7787335.stm > > "The BBC has worked with British company Velocix to test a system which > puts servers in ISPs that store, or cache, the most popular iPlayer > programmes. > > Mr Rose said smart software in the iPlayer would check these caches to see > if the programme a user wants is loaded locally on a caching device near the > user. Streaming from within an ISP's network cuts the cost of transporting > that traffic for both the BBC and the net supplier. > > It was up to ISPs now to get hold of the caching boxes and install them, > ... ISPs that use the caching technology in the same way it did with other > firms that carry or broadcast BBC content. > > > Oh, yeah, there's a Mac download version too. Seems only fair now they > have their very own blue screen of death problem. [ducks] > > And with Adobe's AIR on Linux. [ducks again] > > > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
