Quote Originally Posted by Sideshow Bob View Post
I'm no technical boffin, but sure that Optus hadn't done nothing in preparation for the World Cup streaming. On the news the other night, an 'expert' had said very difficult to test systems under such high load. I'm not saying Spark won't be alright, but any issues would be disastrous for them and the Rugby Union.
Spark have already started work on this.
There are many pieces to this - the actual streaming platform is one bit but you have to get it to the eyes - over other ISPs and, of course, Chorus/ Enable/ Ultrafast and Northpower local last mile networks.