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Are bandwidth fees just as high for any domestic Korean company creates a Twitch competitor? Or do the 3 major telecoms operate their own streaming services, s
by JonathanFly 3y ago
Are bandwidth fees just as high for any domestic Korean company creates a Twitch competitor?
Or do the 3 major telecoms operate their own streaming services, so only companies under their umbrella can afford a site like Twitch?
- kbumsik 3y ago> Are bandwidth fees just as high for any domestic Korean company creates a Twitch competitor? Yes, it is the same price. The biggest Korean streaming service, AfreecaTV, pays 1/3 of the total revenue. So major real-time streaming services in Korea relies on peer-to-peer streaming to reduce the cost.
- neurostimulant 3y agoHow effective peer-to-peer there? Is CGNAT widely deployed? Is IPv6 available to most people?
- kbumsik 3y agoThey were able to reduce the network price from $70m/yr to $12m/yr [1] (their revenue was around $220m/yr btw). There is almost no IPv6 yet since we still have enough IPv4 addresses. I am not sure how it is implemented but p2p has been often used in Korean services since 20 years ago. [1]: https://m.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=mobile_view&num=298661 https://m.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=mobile_view&num=2986...