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Comments on: Akamai: Inauguration sets video-streaming record

About 7.7 million video streams, primarily live, were being viewed just after Barack Obama took the oath of office, content delivery network says.

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by SuttoXXX January 21, 2009 5:34 PM PST
i'm betting this number could have been much higher... i never could get the streaming to work and I tried at least 6 sites....I ended up going home for lunch early to see it on TV.
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by molotov January 22, 2009 7:35 AM PST
We are finally seeing the limits to the internet. True; how should CNN.com be able to supply the huge bandwidth for such once-in-a-lifetime event? With TV and Radio - there is no bandwidth issue, no servers needed to be maintained. We really should get around and turn the internet into a bandwidth sharing grid; much like our power grid. If east coast has a heat-wave - the electricity companies buy up the unused energy from the west, etc. The internet bandwidth should be bought up by CNN for an event like that - to accomodate everyone.
I tried using the internet to watch the inaguration, much like SuttoXXX did, and ended up with a failure to broadcast. Though it might seem like internet is doing a better job at TV than TV, just look at Hulu, but for that reason alone; the inability to broadcast at peak times - internet will not always be a perfect substitute for television. Though I am sure my idea will one day be implemented with new technologies.
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by ChrisInAStrangeLand July 28, 2009 8:24 PM PDT
"True; how should CNN.com be able to supply the huge bandwidth for such once-in-a-lifetime event?"

Same way anyone else does it, use a CDN like Limelight or Akamai to host your content. CNN seems to think they can do it cheaper themselves than using professionals, but for big events like these their crappy little cluster falls over.
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