26 Mar
2014
26 Mar
'14
9:02 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Alex Nderitu <nderitualex@gmail.com>wrote:
What Netflix is paying Comcast to do is prioritize Netflix's video traffic on Comcast's network.
not really. Netflix is paying comcast to add more ports to the peering mesh where Netflix's provider meets Comcast. In addition, they may be now able to put caches of netflix content inside the Comcast network, which in the past was always denied, even tho it cost Comcast nothing and brings a better experience to comcast customer. This is similar to the Google Global cache that is shared at KIXP. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel