Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:47:44 -0500
From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Subject: Re: The scale of streaming video on the Internet.
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
(...)
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