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Open Connect Everywhere: A Glimpse at the Internet Ecosystem through the Lens of the Netflix CDN

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Felix Cuadrado,

Ignacio Castro,

Steve UhligAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Volume 48, Issue 1

Pages 28 - 34

https://doi.org/10.1145/3211852.3211857

Published: 27 April 2018 Publication History

Abstract

The importance of IXPs to interconnect different networks and exchange traffic locally has been well studied over the last few years. However, far less is known about the role IXPs play as a platform to enable large-scale content delivery and to reach a world-wide customer base. In this paper, we study the infrastructure deployment of a content hypergiant, Netflix, and show that the combined worldwide IXP substrate is the major corner stone of its Content Delivery Network. This highlights the additional role that IXPs play in the Internet ecosystem, not just in terms of interconnection, but also allowing players such as Netflix to deliver significant amounts of traffic.

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DOI:10.1145/3211852

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