-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- "William B. Norton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 1/9/07, Fergie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think it remains to be seen that that model will actually change >> dramatically to more of a "semi- real-time" model, regardless of >> the desires (or fears) of various vendors or operators. > >Hmm...I should have been more clear. I'm comparing the options a video >guy has : buy transit to distribute the videos, buy CDN services, buy >a mix or transit and peering, or use P2P. I have sample configurations >and cost models for each, and cost them in units of $/video >distributed for side to side comparison. > >From the reviews and discussions it was interesting how entrenched and >enraged some people became when the p2p distribution model costed out >to be the cheapest by far: > Well, cost issues speak for themselves. Adoption issues, of course, are another issue entirely. :-) - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.2 (Build 4075) wj8DBQFFo+1gq1pz9mNUZTMRAqOdAKDtm916QwEqKlrPbEBNVgD0QjI4egCgvLmv M0LDP50+LZEfR/IlrIfk0vM= =PVII -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/