i3D.net, a company scaling infrastructure for gaming giants, expands into video streaming with a unique approach challenging the traditional CDN model.
They focus on proactive infrastructure planning, end-to-end control, and building their global private backbone with over 9,000 direct peering relationships for predictable routing and low latency.
i3D.net's approach involves carrying video packets close to the viewer's ISP, ensuring minimal lag and better real-time video experience compared to traditional CDNs.
To optimize costs, i3D.net suggests a hybrid cloud and bare metal approach, as well as utilizing VPUs for efficient encoding.