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Is this ultimately just to free up bandwidth in areas limited by poor last mile infrastructure? The US has some of the cheapest transit network bandwidth costs
by xhrpost 7y ago
Is this ultimately just to free up bandwidth in areas limited by poor last mile infrastructure? The US has some of the cheapest transit network bandwidth costs in the world. Most ISPs can peer to YouTube(Google) for free minus the cost of equipment/data center ports. Thus, is this just addressing the last mile problem again, when the video finally makes it to the neighborhood and you just have too many people on a single DOCSIS node?
- walshemj 7y agowell trying to use a cable network is your problem there
- kitteh 7y agoSimilar bottlenecks occur in FTTx/DSL networks. For example, uplink congestion on a DSLAM or L2 aggregation device.
- op00to 7y agoA well engineered DOCSIS network can really scream. Unfortunately it’s way cheaper to oversubscribe since 99.99% of the time no one complains.
- sneak 7y agowell-engineered vs oversubscribed is a false dichotomy. A well-engineered network is an oversubscribed one.