Re: OPERATIONAL: Royal Wedding expected to break traffic records

2011-04-29 Thread Tim Chown 

On 29 Apr 2011, at 03:26, Rob V wrote:

> Not just that ... Youtube is apparently expecting 400 million (?!) viewers!
> 
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20110428/tc_zd/263745
> 
> 
> The doomsayers are out with freshly painted signs ... the Internet will break 
> tomorrow morning! :-)

Must say the quality of the Youtube coverage has been very good, in all senses.

Interesting early on the youtube feed lagged 20+ seconds behind the 'live' BBC 
TV, then during the ceremony was almost simulataneous.

Tim

Re: OPERATIONAL: Royal Wedding expected to break traffic records

2011-04-28 Thread Scott Weeks 


--- adr...@creative.net.au wrote:
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011, Jay Ashworth wrote:

> > (cough)multicast(cough)
> 
> But... but... how do we count the viewers, then?

With HTML cookies and AJAX, like everyone else[1].
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1.3.6.1.3.59.1.1.1.1.11
1.3.6.1.3.59.1.1.1.1.12

:-)
scott

Re: OPERATIONAL: Royal Wedding expected to break traffic records

2011-04-28 Thread Adrian Chadd 
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011, Jay Ashworth wrote:

> > (cough)multicast(cough)
> 
> But... but... how do we count the viewers, then?

With HTML cookies and AJAX, like everyone else[1].



Adrian

[1] and small embedded flash apps in small frames. Hi Facebook.

Re: OPERATIONAL: Royal Wedding expected to break traffic records

2011-04-28 Thread Jay Ashworth 
- Original Message -
> From: "George Bonser" 

> > Not just that ... Youtube is apparently expecting 400 million (?!)
> > viewers!
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20110428/tc_zd/263745
> >
> >
> > The doomsayers are out with freshly painted signs ... the Internet
> > will
> > break tomorrow morning! :-)
> 
> (cough)multicast(cough)

But... but... how do we count the viewers, then?

Cheers,
-- jra

RE: OPERATIONAL: Royal Wedding expected to break traffic records

2011-04-28 Thread George Bonser 


> From: Rob V 
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:27 PM
> To: 'NANOG'
> Subject: RE: OPERATIONAL: Royal Wedding expected to break traffic
> records
> 
> Not just that ... Youtube is apparently expecting 400 million (?!)
> viewers!
> 
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20110428/tc_zd/263745
> 
> 
> The doomsayers are out with freshly painted signs ... the Internet will
> break tomorrow morning! :-)

(cough)multicast(cough)

RE: OPERATIONAL: Royal Wedding expected to break traffic records

2011-04-28 Thread Rob V 
Not just that ... Youtube is apparently expecting 400 million (?!) viewers!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20110428/tc_zd/263745


The doomsayers are out with freshly painted signs ... the Internet will break 
tomorrow morning! :-)


> -Original Message-
> From: Jay Ashworth [mailto:j...@baylink.com]
> Sent: April-28-11 10:13 PM
> To: NANOG
> Subject: OPERATIONAL: Royal Wedding expected to break traffic records
> 
> Preshow coverage on TV starts at 0400 EDT; 6 short hours from now.
> 
> Did *you* make special plans?  :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra