If switching to a peer causes increased buffering (which it will, because you still have to wait for the peer to download from Netflix) then you will still have the original problem Netflix is suffering from.
If the solution to users complaining about buffering is to build a system with more inherent buffering then you are back at square one.
I think it’s might be helpful to look at netlfix’s current system as already a distributed video delivery system in which they control the best seeds. Adding more seeds may help, but if Netflix is underprovisioned from the start you will have users who cannot access the streams
If the solution to users complaining about buffering is to build a system with more inherent buffering then you are back at square one.
I think it’s might be helpful to look at netlfix’s current system as already a distributed video delivery system in which they control the best seeds. Adding more seeds may help, but if Netflix is underprovisioned from the start you will have users who cannot access the streams