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That's a mischaracterization of the situation. ISPs complained about the amount of traffic originating from Netflix. This traffic was requested by the ISP's c
by alex_sf 12y ago
That's a mischaracterization of the situation.
ISPs complained about the amount of traffic originating from Netflix.
This traffic was requested by the ISP's customers, and the bandwidth to carry it was promised by the ISP.
But, still, the ISPs were unhappy. So Netflix approached them and said they are willing to offer local caches of Netflix content, for free, to any ISP that requested it to reduce network congestion.
This was a gesture of good will by Netflix, not an attempt to outsource their hosting costs. It is, fiscally, a loss to Netflix because they need to purchase and maintain the storage appliances for open connect partners.
- Titanous 12y agoActually I don't think the fiscal loss is so clear-cut. Each deployment of cache nodes removes load/bandwidth from the rest of the CDN, and also reduces support time spent with customers. In fact, 100% of Netflix traffic outside the US and 90% inside the US is served from Open Connect[0]. It is actually a shift of the location of the serving hardware that allows both parties (the ISP and Netflix) to save on bandwidth. This is a net win for everyone. [0] http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/05/netflixs-many-pronged-plan-to-eliminate-video-playback-problems/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/05/netfli...