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The should just deploy instances inside Comcast's network. Much more efficient.

They offered that and Comcast refused.

Well, they should do it so they don't have to ask.

How, exactly, would they deploy their gear inside of Comcast data centers without Comcast approving it?

Network, not datacenters. Using this: https://github.com/stackmonkey/utter-va/#welcome-to-utterio-.... Pool is running here: https://www.stackmonkey.com/. It'll be a bit before we can enable significant deployments inside their network, but it will happen eventually.

It probably would have been clearer if you just said P2P. Considering Comcast's low upstream bandwidth, I don't think P2P is worthwhile. And of course Comcast would find a way to thwart it.

http://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~nweaver/papers/2009-tprc-cach...

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