http://everwas.com/2008/08/nbc-holding-olympic-videos-hostage.html Ian Kennedy's Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://everwas.com/2008/08/nbc-holding-olympic-videos-hostage.html/comment-page-1#comment-3989 iankennedy Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:10:00 +0000 http://everwas.com/?p=1634#comment-3989 I think they're just getting my ISP information from my IP Address. There's no reason other than competitive that they would need to know my local NBC affiliate. I think they're just getting my ISP information from my IP Address. There's no reason other than competitive that they would need to know my local NBC affiliate.

]]> http://everwas.com/2008/08/nbc-holding-olympic-videos-hostage.html/comment-page-1#comment-3988 Manny Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:27:00 +0000 http://everwas.com/?p=1634#comment-3988 I think there is a reason for this: Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn’t ‘Melt’ the Internet "[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." <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9221 " target="_blank"><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9221" target="_blank">http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9221</a> </a> I think there is a reason for this: Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn&rsquo;t &lsquo;Melt&rsquo; the Internet &quot;[W]hy the Internet didn't 'melt' is quite simple &mdash; [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.&quot; <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9221 " target="_blank"><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9221&quot; target="_blank">http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/...../a&gt; </a>

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