That said, those bytes still need to be delivered, Google really don't have peers in this stuff, apart from maybe Facebook.
So Google should get to 1 out of 3 pretty quickly.
My 7yo son is obsessed with the whole Let's Play phenomenon, and other associated minecraft content. I've looked up some of these people on Social Blade[1][2], and some of these people are likely making millions, but I can't fault the system. While the content of some isn't exceptional, it is professional, and some of these people keep up that pace for multiple content releases each day.
It's quite scary actually what the current and future generations are being conditioned to do.
It's true that you can binge on a series if you are new to the series (youtube or otherwise) but if you are up to date that is no longer the case.
I don't think I could have resisted the compulsion to be on YouTube for all of my free time. I am lucky that there is a ton of social pressure on me to spend my time doing other activities.
It could be a personal problem, unique to me and a small amount of other people.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/01/20/netflix-boasts-37-...
'peak download internet traffic' whatever that means.
1: https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/how-netflix-works-...
I think you misread that article with the 90%. That is talking about the proximity of Open Connect CDN nodes to customers, and how much traffic is served from "directly connected" Open Connect CDN nodes, and how much traffic is ... less than directly connected OpenConnect CDN nodes.. (sorry, I'm a kernel guy, not really versed in WAN stuff).
Of course, you could add enough coding theory to make it work.
Could they exist without the US market, Maybe, I don't know. But I can't imagine they want to go without it.
I guess if Netflix ever switched from AWS to Google Cloud Platform...
He also mentioned that in NZ miserly data caps are really not implemented any more, since people just aren't using expensive transits as much (any NZ people confirm?)
Of course you wouldn't know about any of these savings by following the pricing of internet services in Australia. And the government seems intent on making anyone who cares for even basic privacy needing to tunnel their entire connection outside Australia (not to mention content providers and their geoblock rules).
People often mistakenly associate the main cost of ISPs is BW. But it's the network equipment, the constant upgrading/replacement, an army of support (both physical and phone), and the last mile connectivity is the major costs. BW itself is a small part of the cost.
Getting both Akamai and Netflix cdn has similar issues, but are harder to qualify/get than GGC cache hardware.
Yes, all these CDN providers are providing us hardware and mostly excellent support in helping to set them up - in most cases, it's setup and forgets. But for them, it's a one time cost, but for ISPs it monthly recurring cost that we can't dump on users without losing customers, we can't charge the CDN providers, we just have to silently bear the cost and hope that in 15 years if we have enough customers, we might be profitable someday.
Everyone loves to hate ISPs, and I am sure a lot of it has some justification. But sometimes the cost and pain are real. That's why there is so little competition in this sector because it involves a huge amount of upfront and recurring investment and really long waiting time before you can hope to finally make some money. Then you have brain-dead regulations from the government (not all countries of course) and aggressive competition from well-connected existing companies with deep-pocket.
There is a reason why Google fiber doesn't roll out all over the country, because even with all their money cache and network expertise and well connection throughout the government - what a daunting task it will be for them to ever be profitable. Your Ad sales can only subsidize your last mile cost for so long.
Such a mind blowing statement. Wonder when (if) they'll hit one-in-three bytes.