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Apple's Content Delivery Network Now Live, Making Faster OS X/iOS Downloads Possible

afsnyder said:
So my OS X yosemite installer of 5gb took 25 minutes to download but updating to Devloper preview 2 (i don't know why it installed DP1...) took 4 hours.... and dev preview 3 of 1gb is taking 6 hours.

Will this mean faster downloads there?
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Yes. Maybe.

This should help significantly when there are a lot of people trying to download something big around the same time: iOS updates, Mac OS updates.

But who knows if they will use it for everything... could be that developer downloads won't use this system for some reason.

They may also use it to scale up a heavy bandwidth service (like video/music streaming) to be able to handle more users and be more reliable.
 
iSee said:
Yes. Maybe.

This should help significantly when there are a lot of people trying to download something big around the same time: iOS updates, Mac OS updates.

But who knows if they will use it for everything... could be that developer downloads won't use this system for some reason.

They may also use it to scale up a heavy bandwidth service (like video/music streaming) to be able to handle more users and be more reliable.
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apple uses Akamai CDN for itunes. that's why itunes streamed movies look awesome and netflix like tv from the 90's
 
Codyak said:
Large corporations paying for connections smaller businesses and startups could never afford in order to keep the dominance they already have by preventing fair competition.

Do I fear this in regards to Apple? Not particularly, but I see this being used in far worse situations that in the end will only hurt the consumer with less competition and higher pricing.
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This has nothing to do with net neutrality. This is just that big corporations can afford more servers and lines.
 
iBlazed said:
Bye bye net neutrality.
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Net Neutrality is about not putting artificial barriers between things for the sole purpose of billing them more money.

This article is about removing real-world, physical barriers and improving performance by becoming more efficient.

It boggles my mind that people apparently think net neutrality means you're not allowed to improve a network or upgrade a computer or expand a server farm. That you have to just sit still and not change anything just to be "fair" to people with slower systems. Is this why some people oppose NN? They believe it means those things?
 
PocketSand11 said:
This has nothing to do with net neutrality. This is just that big corporations can afford more servers and lines.
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This becomes a Net Neutrality issue when ISPs start intentionally slowing down data in order to strong arm companies into deals.
 
Glad to hear it. Means I'll be able to download iOS 8 and Yosemite during the initial release time and it'll go full speed! I'm capable of 4.5MB/s and during the first hour of iOS updates it can drop to 300KB/s.

I'm sure these improvements won't just be applicable to software updates, but Apple's streaming services too.

Small White Car said:
This article is about removing real-world, physical barriers and improving performance by becoming more efficient.

It boggles my mind that people apparently think net neutrality means you're not allowed to improve a network or upgrade a computer or expand a server farm. That you have to just sit still and not change anything just to be "fair" to people with slower systems. Is this why some people oppose NN? They believe it means those things?
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This!
 
redscull said:
Seriously. Why spend all that effort making bigger pipes when they could have just used the existing pipes better. Why must every Apple device in my house download every patch or app itself when those exact bits are already on a device in my house. Nothing could ever be faster, not to mention more bandwidth cap friendly, than simply sharing the bits from one local device to another over the LAN.
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OS X Server has an option for Software Cache...
 
afurry13 said:
Good news: I have Comcast. So hopefully this helps me to power through downloads of big apple releases like iOS and Mac upgrades.

Bad news: Apple shouldn't have caved to the ISPs. This is bad for the internet.
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I think that is the first time I've ever heard someone say, "Good news: I have Comcast."
 
mono1980 said:
I think that is the first time I've ever heard someone say, "Good news: I have Comcast."
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I actually really don't have a problem with Comcast like many people. Yes, they are expensive, but I knew that going in. Their customer service isn't the best, but I generally get what I'm looking for if I'm willing to devote some time to it.

Plus, all ISPs are douchebags, so I'm fairly content with Comcast.
 
iBlazed said:
Bye bye net neutrality.
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This has nothing to do with net neutrality. This is just making sure that content is close to everyone. ISP's aren't preferring this traffic, it's just at more locations and thus closer to more people.

Do you know what net neutrality is, or are you just screaming popular hot issues?
 
Small White Car said:
Net Neutrality is about not putting artificial barriers between things for the sole purpose of billing them more money.

This article is about removing real-world, physical barriers and improving performance by becoming more efficient.

It boggles my mind that people apparently think net neutrality means you're not allowed to improve a network or upgrade a computer or expand a server farm. That you have to just sit still and not change anything just to be "fair" to people with slower systems. Is this why some people oppose NN? They believe it means those things?
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People know the buzzwords, but rarely know what they really mean beyond some meaning they assign themselves that they picked up somewhere, whether it's correct or even remotely relevant.
 
afurry13 said:
Good news: I have Comcast. So hopefully this helps me to power through downloads of big apple releases like iOS and Mac upgrades.

Bad news: Apple shouldn't have caved to the ISPs. This is bad for the internet.
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They haven't caved. I don't think you know what net neutrality is..

A CDN is just having the content at multiple locations, closer to more people. So when they download it, it can come from the location closest to them, allowing for less overall bandwidth used and faster downloads.
 
ThisIsNotMe said:
Net neutrality never existed so how can you say 'bye bye' to it?
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Yeah, I definitely feel like my home ISP prefers certain websites because Amazon Instant Video is SLOW. I know AT&T LTE does. 50mbps download speed from speedtest.net, but loading anything else is slower than on DSL. :rolleyes:
 
Great, but I still have to wait for a trailer to buffer :(

In spite of 5 years of broadband upgrades at my house moving from 5 mbps to now over 80, every time I try to watch an Apple TV movie trailer I get about 30 seconds in and have to wait a minute until the rest of the trailer is buffered. I mean WTF Apple!?
 
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