The “Break it Down” Blog

Looks like Akamai is working on revamping their CDN (content delivery network) in order to better stream/deliver HD video over the internet. The requirements for their new edge-based network are:

• Support for 2GB and larger files
• Support for VC-1 and MPEG-4 video
• Support for 720i/1080i/1080p
• Support 100 Tb/sec bandwidth

That’s pretty impressive. So while AT&T and Comcast sit around declaring the crash of the internet, to justify rate-spikes in the next 5-10 years, Akamai is just building out an insanely huge network… bravo!