[AusNOG] Netflix coming to Australia

[Joseph Goldman]

Given Netflix history in the US they will likely be on most major peering, which is great for ISPs, the issue of back haul to your own POP is likely going to be the biggest part affected for mostly smaller ISPs. 

On 25 May 2014 17:27:28 GMT+10:00, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>The Australian has reported (
>http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/how-the-australian-launch-of-internet-streaming-service-netflix-will-change-your-life/story-fnjwmwrh-1226930807121)
>that Netflix is coming to Australia next year.
>
>Whether this eventuates or not, someone or something will do it in a
>big
>way real soon.
>
>So, let's say that Netflix does land... this would most likely mean
>that
>Amazon Prime will land around the same time too.
>
>My first thought would be that Foxtel Play, Bigpond TV, Quickflix,
>FetchTV,
>Freeview, StreamCo and others will die very quickly.
>
>My second thought would be that the availability of media plays such as
>Roku 3, Amazon Fire will land and devices like AppleTV (or whatever
>they
>might release next week) will see a resurgence.
>
>My third thought, and most significantly to AUSNOG and for discussion,
>I
>think that there would be a reasonably significant increase in the
>average
>USAGE per user.
>
>Internet connected media streamers for TV's (and SmartTV's themselves)
>are
>still relatively deployed in small numbers.
>
>They are just often too complicated for average users to get working,
>and
>of all the houses of the friends I go into, even those in the hi-tech
>space, media players are still rare... maybe 1 out of 5-8 homes.  More
>have
>a TV connected pc and watch content, but I am talking about media
>players.
>
>The takeoff of these services will quickly see (within 6-12 months) a
>significant number of home having one or multiple devices.
>
>So... to the issue which will have an impact on most ISPs... I'd be
>interested on what the list thinks will happen to the average usage per
>user, contention, backhaul, transit and peering (which I assume they
>will
>join).
>
>The other thing that may boost this is the availability of high speed
>broadband... if NBNCo buys the cable assets of Telstra and Optus, that
>will
>give some 1 million homes that NBNCo RSPs have access to... nice.
>
>
>
>...Skeeve
>
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