Paul Budde's article
today on Business Spectator could not have been better timed, given
Netflix's announcement of its long-awaited entry into the Australian
market. Last mile bandwidth isn't the only challenge facing
high-bandwidth players such as Netflix but at the moment in the
Australian context, it is the biggest and one that is not likely to be
solved any time soon.
So too, are the peering arrangements between
content suppliers and ISPs and how those costs are passed on to
consumers. And all this in the context of recent announcements with
respect to Net Neutrality in the US, an issue which has attracted scant
attention in the local market.
