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I have wireless Internet from a local ISP delivered to my building by point-to-point microwave. They have to get a license from the FCC but they effectively "o
by Bluecobra 9y ago
I have wireless Internet from a local ISP delivered to my building by point-to-point microwave. They have to get a license from the FCC but they effectively "own" their own pipes all they way up to the ISPs that they peer with.
Hopefully the silver lining in this is this will result in more wireless ISPs popping up since they can bypass the incumbent wired phone/cable providers.
- SirFatty 9y agoThat's the point, I think. CDNs are all tier one, and tier one is where the bandwidth shaping will happen?
- Bluecobra 9y agoTrue, maybe we will see more content providers following the Netflix model. They basically are their own CDN and will give ISPs free caching appliances/settlement free peering. https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/ https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/ Unfortunately, ISPs such as Comcast have already perverted this model and demanded Netflix to pay up for access to their network despite throwing in free hardware and peering. https://qz.com/256586/the-inside-story-of-how-netflix-came-to-pay-comcast-for-internet-traffic/ https://qz.com/256586/the-inside-story-of-how-netflix-came-t...