MWEB to boost content delivery with Level 3 deal

[jes]

MWEB to boost content delivery with Level 3 deal

Agreement to access Level 3’s global Content Distribution Network will boost content and connectivity to and from region

 

[LazyLion]

Arrrr! I love content distribution!

 

[Fudzy]

Nice work Mweb! Now they just need to seal deals with Netflix and Apple to make content available to South Africans.

 

[Ice2Cool]

Can someone explain what this means exactly?

 

[Qrox]

Can someone explain what this means exactly?

+1. Sounds good, but don't really know if it will have a big impact on us.

 

[FuLL_MeT4L]

Can someone explain what this means exactly?

Haha I'm also lost.

 

[ambo]

Can someone explain what this means exactly?

Many websites (particularly ones serving video and big media) do not host on servers in only one location. The distribute the files to server clusters all over the world in order to make sure that the files are close to the users and download quickly. No buffering

Level-3 runs one of these systems on their network and serves content for a number of websites including CNN, BBC, Fox, Sky and Microsoft. The article is not clear on this but I would hope that this means that there will be a server cluster built in ZA for this content.

 

[ThinkCentre]

Will this cause them to stop throttling their customers?