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Most of the large CDN's already deliver straight into Comcast's network. Last I heard Netflix was already paying Level3 to do this. Xfinity doesn't have a magic
by mikeryan 14y ago
Most of the large CDN's already deliver straight into Comcast's network. Last I heard Netflix was already paying Level3 to do this. Xfinity doesn't have a magic pipe, all the content and deliver is internal to the Comcast network so its its own "CDN".
- eggnet 14y agoIt was a joke, the hint was the use of the word magic.
- wmf 14y agoMore info on Comcast's DiffServ magic: http://ber.gd/post/23025893856/comcast-traffic-prioritization http://ber.gd/post/23025893856/comcast-traffic-prioritizatio...
- mikeryan 14y agoWhich Comcast says isn't happening. http://blog.comcast.com/2012/05/the-facts-about-xfinity-tv-and-xbox-360-comcast-is-not-prioritizing.html http://blog.comcast.com/2012/05/the-facts-about-xfinity-tv-a...
- wmf 14y agoI don't really want to rehash that whole discussion, but Comcast admits they're using DiffServ tagging. People are just debating whether it's a form of "prioritization" or not.