[AusNOG] Netflix coming to Australia

[Martin Hepworth]

Also probably means AWS have enough kit in Sydney now to run Netflix out of!

On Sunday, 25 May 2014, 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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Martin Hepworth, CISSP
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