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Good example of the flash crowds post hockey championship It's not all butterflies, Abley.. LOL On 9/19/13 11:42 AM, "Joe Abley" <jab...@hopcount.ca> wrote: > >On 2013-09-19, at 14:11, Warren Bailey ><wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote: > >> I don't see how operators could tolerate this, honestly. I can't think >>of a single provider who does not oversubscribe their access platform... >>Which leads me to this question : >> >> Why does apple feel it is okay to send every mobile device an update on >>a single day? > >How is this different from the flash crowds caused by hockey >championships, or football games, or any of the other things that >generate a lot of simultaneous interest every once in a while? > >> Never mind the fact that we are we ones on the last mile responsible >>for getting it to their customers, 1gb per sub is pretty serious.. Why >>are they not caching at their head ends, dslams, etc? > >Given that the code is signed, I'm surprised that iDevices that have >already upgraded the hard way don't advertise a "update available" >service on local networks. Individual devices don't care where the >updates come from, so long as the signatures are good. > >You'd think that'd have the potential to improve the user experience as >well as avoid jamming the tubes, especially in highly multi-user >environments like university campuses; it could probably halve the >network load in a significant number of home networks, too. > > >Joe >