Simon Frost interviewed at Velocity 2010
summary
Technical architect on BBC iPlayer explains bandwidth and latency as the real constraints, claims video traffic will surpass peer‑to‑peer this year, and describes practical fixes: putting caches in exchanges, last‑mile peering and fibre to the home to cut latency, and using adaptive streaming (Flash media servers for live-like control) because progressive download suits short clips and P2P only works when a few items are well seeded.
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