Re:Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't ...
by function_seven on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:43PM
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Now throw in some standard oversubscription math, and you're at 40¢ per user. 625 simultaneous streams can probably serve roughly 6,250 customers, given that half the customers don't use Netflix, and the half that do, use it at different times of the day.
Re:Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't ...
by 4ad on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @10:34AM
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Also the proportion of customers who needs 4k as opposed to 1080p is negligible. Most consumers don't even have equipment capable of displaying 4k content.
Netflix in 1080p uses 4.22Mbps or sometimes 7.15Mbps, so we're now at 15¢ per user.
As for the "distance" - they are sitting next to each other in a data-center. The distance is likely measured in tens of feet and the cost is likely a fixed cost of a couple hundred dollars. The optics on either end if they aren't close enough for twinax would add a couple more grand.
It's also ridiculous to use 36 months as your payoff date, they are running equipment a heck of a lot longer than that. The line cards and supervisor modules might get swapped out, but I'm willing to bet Verizon keeps their chassis level switches for 7-10 years on average.
So now you're at about 4$ per user to support Netflix traffic.