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I wonder how many peaks Apple TV+ users is required to hit that. The average bitrate is 30mbs so maybe 834 simultaneous 4K streamers.

• yreg 7y ago
  For now, I think the majority of bandwidth would be the zillions of iPhone users doing backups and app updates all the time. However, this is definitely a way to pave the path for Apple TV+.
  • comex 7y ago
    Uploading backups couldn't really be served by a cache. App updates, sure.
    • mike_d 7y ago
      Yes it can. You buffer uploads at an edge server and then drain them at non-peak times. Edge nodes don't have to be just caches. Plenty of major sites do compute too.
      • yzmtf2008 7y ago
        That’s a sure-fire way of getting dataloss. Wouldn’t it be much easier to just upload the backups from users devices when, idk, at night? iCloud requires your device to be locked, connected to WiFi, and charging, so I imagine that already shifts the traffic to off-peak hours.
        • ksec 7y ago
          Not sure it is still the case. MacOS Server have this function if you set it up your network, it will cache all your backup, App Update, iCloud Files and Photos on your Mac. Something I wish they do for iOS Time Capsule.
  • divbzero 7y ago
    Backups are transient relative to streaming which can continue for hours.
    • lostlogin 7y ago
      iOS update day must be pretty intense - I assume Apple stagger it?