[165840] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: iOS 7 update traffic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Mon Sep 23 09:57:04 2013
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAPLq3UPW9JXYNDAZME0YNtYfmAu-eY6QM8OrT2TjDbvAOJ5OZg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:50:57 -0400
To: Glen Kent <glen.kent@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 23, 2013, at 9:41 AM, Glen Kent <glen.kent@gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW Linux distributions are available to download via bittorrent, so =
we
> dont really need Akamai/Limelight here. Is there a reason why Apple =
has not
> adopted bit-torrent for distribution? Are there legal/commercial
> implications using bit-torrent?
It's more about predictable results and outcome. I can pay a CDN and =
likely get some sort of reporting/SLA. I can't as easily insure that my =
torrent traffic will work as well.
Some carriers dabbled in doing something about peer-to-peer/torrent type =
traffic in the past, such as the P4P stuff:
=
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/03/14/verizon-testing-p4p=
-for-peer-to-peer-delivery/
But I think it died off like many other things. I think CNN.com video =
still wants the peer-to-peer octoshape thing, but I have always said NO.
https://www.google.com/search?q=3Doctoshape+peer+to+peer
while an older article from 2009, here's why you should say no as well:
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http://arstechnica.com/business/2009/02/cnn-p2p-video-streaming-tech-raise=
s-questions/
- Jared=
