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Why the Olympics Didn't Melt the Internet

Posted by kdawson on from the in-the-limelight dept.

perlow tips his blog entry over at ZDNet on why the Internet didn't melt when millions of users streamed 480i video for a week. The short answer is Limelight Networks of Tempe, Arizona. "[W]hy the Internet didn't 'melt' is quite simple — [Limelight is] completely 'off the cloud.' In other words, unlike Akamai and similar content caching providers, their system isn't deployed over the public Internet... Limelight has partnered with over 800 broadband Internet providers worldwide... so that the content is either co-located in the same facility as your ISP's main communications infrastructure, or it leases a dedicated Optical Carrier line so that it actually appears as part of your ISP's internal network. In most cases, you're never even leaving your Tier 1 provider to get the video."

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  1. The next time someone uses the word by Daimanta · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "cloud" in reference to the internet he will he recieve a digital kick in the balls.

    Fuck "clouds" and "Web2.0".
    (But fuck clouds more)

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  2. Re:Because it was about 2% of YouTubes traffic? by fishbowl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >That's a flaming pile of fail right there. I wonder what they spent on that.

    Except for one Chinese friend and one friend who was once an olympic swimmer herself, I don't know anyone personally who didn't totally ignore the Olympics either as part of a boycott or just out of apathy.

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  3. Re:Or....nobody cared by wonnage · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe in the US. You know, the Rockets games last year had more viewers than the Superbowl thanks to Yao and China. US ratings don't matter anymore when a billion people have TVs across the pond...silly redneck

  4. Why? by sconeu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because nobody gives a damn about them this time.

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