Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Netflix's Problem Is Its Transit Network

Netflix has been arguing that some major Internet service providers are responsible for performance issues.



But an engineer says the transit network is responsible, not the ISP access networks. 



Simply, Netflix has insufficient middle-mile bandwidth, sourced from IP transit companies, argues Peter Sevcik, president of engineering consultant NetForecast. 

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