[VOIPSEC] 4G Issue Map: signaling complexity - more

[Geoff Devine]

One-to-Many video distribution requires control of the access router and
the last mile.  You can't seriously think that the telcos and MSOs will
let this happen.  Access to QoS and multicast services on their networks
is only going to be enabled for their own products.  Ditto 3G cellular
which is a completely walled garden.  

 

Video distribution is also a buy-wholesale, sell-retail model that has
surprisingly low margins.  The MSOs and satellite companies write very
large checks to the content providers.  That funds distasteful content
like the $200+ million Yankees payroll, Pro Wrestling, and Rachael Ray
cooking shows.  If Akamai tries to pirate those video feeds, they'll get
sued into oblivion by the content providers for violating copyright
laws.  Akamai certainly won't pay less per subscriber than the MSOs or
satellite broadcast companies.

 

I also think ENUM is going to be a total failure.  People will stay with
their trusted service providers to avoid getting SPAM phone calls at 3
AM from somebody claiming to be General Mubuti in Nigeria but who is
actually trying to scam their bank account or sell them erectile
dysfunction drugs.  ENUM-like services that reference private databases
administered by those trusted service providers will be the norm rather
than a free-for-all e164.arpa.

 

Geoff

 

 

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From: Michael Slavitch [mailto:slavitch at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:16 PM
To: Paul E. Jones
Cc: stuart jacobs; bill at flanagan-consulting.com; Henry Sinnreich;
Voipsec at voipsa.org; Geoff Devine
Subject: Re: [VOIPSEC] 4G Issue Map: signaling complexity - more

 

One more short note before closing off my contribution to this thread:

 

While the telecoms carriers are looking at the cable companies, a far
bigger threat will come from companies like Akamai:

 

http://www.akamai.com/
 

If many-to-many conferencing, SIP ENUM peering and one-to-many live
video needs geographically distributed CPU's, such vendors have all that
is needed in hand.