Fixing the Internet for Real Time Applications, Part II

Re:Fixing the Internet for Real Time Applications, Part II by surfmike on Sunday February 21, 2016 @07:58PM (#11147586)

How is this different from Akamai's IP Application Accelerator (https://www.akamai.com/us/en/solutions/products/web-performa...)? Honestly curious.

I would love to see a consumer videoconferencing service built on top of one of these networks.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Fixing the Internet for Real Time Applications, Part II by PeytonKoran on Sunday February 21, 2016 @10:20PM (#11148199)

Hello,

I am the author. The difference is that Akamai is working on optimizing bandwidth to their customer from a pipes size perspective, not a latency perspective. In other words, they want the widest highway possible, maybe not the fastest.

Peyton

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Fixing the Internet for Real Time Applications, Part II by surfmike on Monday February 22, 2016 @02:37AM (#11149189)

Interesting, thanks for that.

You guys should really consider making this a platform that anyone could use!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Fixing the Internet for Real Time Applications, Part II by BillyParadise on Monday February 22, 2016 @06:43AM (#11150139)

I'd be surprised if they haven't already considered it. Building a national backbone is a large endeavour, and now that it's built, a great way to diversify revenue. Games only stay popular for a finite period of time.

[ Parent | on HN ]