Re: Steal this film 2

["Casey Callendrello" <user=1546@nabble.blu.org>]

 Dan Ritter wrote: 
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:55:55PM -0800, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: 
>   
>> On Jan 3, 2008 8:51 PM, eric c <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>>     
>>> interesting, just big.  I dig the protocol and wish I could think of 
>>> other ways to use it. 
>>>       
>> I had this idea once of placing a torrent caching system at the edge 
>> of every network.  It would be very interesting to see if technologies 
>> like that could save people from the DIGG or /. effect.  Of course, it 
>> wouldn't necessarily be useful unless the end-points were vastly 
>> making use of such a protocol and many other issues were working out 
>> first... 
>>     
> 
> Akamai did it for HTTP. 
> 
> Step 1: get the 4000 largest networks (by traffic, of course) to 
> give you pipe, power and space for free, by promising them 
> bandwidth savings. 
> 
> Step 2: order, deliver, and install those machines 
> 
> Step 3: figure out how to make a profit. (This is where Akamai 
> got it right, by coming up with a good plan in advance.) 
> 
> -dsr- 
> 
>