[AusNOG] Netflix goes live

[Narelle]

Note also that Optus has been giving away STBs too as part of their
price campaign. Free SciFy channel...

I imagine a few of these things will be getting thrashed at present!


Narelle

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On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:41 AM, Skeeve Stevens
<skeeve+ausnog at theispguy.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> So Netflix has gone live.. yah... we all knew it was coming.
>
> What I am curious about - perhaps a little concerned as someone who operates
> ISPs... is that like Stan, they are doing 1 month free.
>
> This means people signing up and slamming the hell out of it over the next
> 30 days.
>
> While people are just comprending what Stan and Presto are, Netflix most
> people know and will be using their common Apple TV's and many other things
> to give it a free try.
>
> I am wondering if any bigger ISPs out there might be able to, or willing to
> provide some feedback about how much traffic is coming from Netflix and/or
> other SVOD providers.
>
> Also in the news... Telstra is giving free Presto to all T-Box users for 6
> months.  This is unlikely to affect non-Telstra parts of the Internet, but
> it will increase awareness of SVOD options out there.
>
>
> ...Skeeve
>
>
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