Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO
by cbzoiav on Sunday January 20, 2019 @06:29AM
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CDNs have been doing this for years. It's nothing new!
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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO
by pbhjpbhj on Sunday January 20, 2019 @07:18AM
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Which other websites (or consumer media companies) have cabinets in ISPs arrive the globe; honestly I've only heard of Netflix doing it.
So, are there CDNs without their own racks anywhere?
Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO
by cobookman on Sunday January 20, 2019 @07:47AM
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Some of Google's services.
See "Edge nodes": https://peering.google.com/#/infrastructure
Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO
by jedberg on Sunday January 20, 2019 @02:06PM
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YouTube does, and a bunch of other sites do it by using Akamai, CloudFlare, Fastly, etc.
Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO
by pbhjpbhj on Sunday January 20, 2019 @02:28PM
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So Akamai, CloudFlare et al. will locate servers in a large ISPs data centre. TIL, I just assumed once a resource had been cached then they'd effectively have that collocation (logically); I'm surprised if avoiding the cost of the first hit really saves anything for static content.
Obviously anyone streaming video, it's different.
I wonder if BBC iPlayer (major streaming service in UK) collocate with ISPs.
Will those servers have a local (to the ISP) IP, or do the Akamai IPs get physically routed to the AS?
Fascinating stuff.
Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO
by lscotte on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:00AM
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It is a CDN, but what's new is that the openconnect appliances are distributed not just in datacenters, but directly to ISPs. Traditional CDNs aren't in your ISP.
Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO
by pyvpx on Sunday January 20, 2019 @11:46AM
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Akamai would like to have a word with you
Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO
by ksec on Sunday January 20, 2019 @01:25PM
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Do Akamai has Servers right in ISP's DC / Network? I know they are within 1 hoops in lots of places, but never heard they are actually inside ISP's network, which is what Netflix OpenAppliance and Google Edge Node has done.