> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:47:44 -0500 > From: William Herrin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: The scale of streaming video on the Internet. > To: Owen DeLong <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] (...) > But there's a third mechanism worth considering as well: the caching > proxy.
IMHO it is a waste of bandwidth to use IP/network-based infrastructure for stuff like unidirectional data - like distributing a movie (on demand or scheduled). In this case nothing beats a satellite transponder and a dish, also cost-wise. #m
