Chapter 2507 Technical Failure

It's actually not complicated.

That is, when traffic consumption increases and lasts longer and longer, the operator's load pressure will increase. This is not a linear growth, but an exponential growth.

One of the most important indicators is duration.

Is it intermittent data transmission or continuous data transmission.

For example, the cost of transmitting 1 megabyte of data is 1 yuan.

If the intermittent mode is used to transmit 10,000 MB of data, the cost is about 10,000 yuan; but if the continuous mode is used to transmit 10,000 MB of data, the cost may increase to 20,000 yuan, and it will continue to cost 10,000 yuan. The longer it takes, the higher the subsequent operating costs will be.

This leads to the video phone mode, which is the data transmission mode with the greatest operational load and the greatest operational pressure, because during voice calls or video calls, data transmission is continuous.

If it is intermittent, lags will occur, which will seriously affect the user experience.

This is the most complicated point.

This is not the same as live video broadcast.

The live video is not a real live broadcast, but there is a delay of more than ten seconds. This delay of a few seconds can greatly relieve operational pressure.

When operating costs rise or load increases, disconnect it, restore it to the original state, and then reconnect it.

The same applies to the online video viewing industry, where a part of the cache must be downloaded first before allowing users to watch it. The role of this part of the cache can technically ensure intermittent data transmission.

Like a water pipe hitting a wall.

With continuous impact, the wall will be subject to continuous impact, and the pressure on the wall will become greater and greater. Over time, this wall may be broken down.

If you rush for a while and then stop, give the wall time to recover. After the wall has recovered, then impact again, and the pressure on the wall can be greatly reduced.

Data is "water", network optical fibers are "water pipes", and servers and various CDN nodes are "walls".

There is huge data transmission behind streaming video and high-definition video live broadcast, but this operational load is far less than that of Internet phone business.

Because the phone is a real-time data transmission, and it cannot stop, it is a continuous transmission.

Other so-called "real-time online" and "real-time live broadcast" have a certain degree of delay, which technically leaves room for interruptions in data transmission.

This kind of interruption can greatly relieve operational pressure.

Not only are operators under great pressure, WeChat is also under pressure.

From the perspective of Ziweixing's interests, this is also a problem that must be solved.

It’s not the same at home and abroad.

Domestic changes are happening faster.

The mobile Internet wave can come even more violently.

Although foreign Internet OTT phone services have been carried out for many years, their market share is very low and they are still relatively niche. Most users are still accustomed to using the communication phone services of operators.

It's different in China.

Once WeChat's voice calls and video calls came out, they were epoch-making products, and hundreds of millions of users would flock to them in a short time.

The number of OTT phone users in the world combined is not comparable to that in China.

Hundreds of millions of people use WeChat to make free calls, and the cost is sky-high. It is impossible for WeChat to make any money from the phone business. In order to serve the people across the country, it will have to increase operating costs by tens of billions, which is really unaffordable.

It just so happens that operators can't bear the impact of continuous data transmission on infrastructure.

It was solved once and for all.

After Guo Pengfei raised this little trouble before, Zhou Buqi didn't know how to solve it, but after listening to him explain some of the communication technology logic, he suddenly understood it.

Depend on!

So that’s it!

In his previous life, he often used WeChat calls, but as time passed, he discovered a phenomenon. It’s just that the WeChat phone signal is sometimes unstable.

This is fine if the call time is short.

If the call lasts for a long time, dozens of minutes or an hour, there will be a sudden interruption, saying that the network signal is not good, and it will freeze for two or three seconds, or even the call will be interrupted directly.

After waiting, everything returns to its original state, and everything is fine.

Zhou Buqi was a technical novice, so he didn't understand the complex reasons behind this. He really thought that it was because of poor network signal of his or the other party that the network signal was interrupted.

Looking at it now...

This doesn't seem to be a signal failure, it's a technical failure!

This is intentional!

The call time is too long and the cost is too high. Disconnect, call again, reconnect, and start transmitting data again, the load and cost will be reduced.

Isn’t this solution coming?

When Zhou Buqi provided this idea to Guo Pengfei, the boy was so impressed that he was the only one in the world who could come up with such a sinister idea. He was really a genius!

When Zhou Buqi told the operator about this plan, the other party was also stunned.

I go!

Can such an operation still be possible?

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "WeChat calls are free after all, so the call quality should be poor. The operator's phone service is paid, so it can provide better call quality. The Internet phone service is the general trend and will definitely be appear; however, this method can be used to provide certain protection to operators and give them more room for survival and time for transformation."

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The communication this time was very effective.

Both sides showed great sincerity.

Zhou Buqi, in particular, always considers the interests of operators and the overall interests of the industry, which is very touching. Director Wang has already expressed his position, saying that he will attach great importance to it and report it to the Presbyterian Council. He also hopes that he will not leave Beijing in the next few days. At that time, he may be invited to join the game and describe the balance between development and stability of the Internet industry.

This somewhat disrupted Zhou Buqi's plan.

But he readily agreed.

This is a big deal.

You really need to be cautious. In the mobile Internet industry, the domestic development speed is too fast. It is not only far beyond the technology giants in Silicon Valley, but also even beyond the imagination of these crazy Internet people in China.

It is inevitable that a lot of industry chaos will occur.

Some have really caused great harm to society.

Just like the P2P industry.

This is of course a major innovation in Internet finance and is feasible.

However, during the implementation process, we will encounter great difficulties. Even products like Alipay may not be able to run the P2P business model.

But China has been too liberal, allowing many small and medium-sized enterprises, startups, and even many traditional industries to rush in. There are even large state-owned enterprises that have rushed in when they see the profits.

They are all eyeing the big cake of P2P.

What even Alipay can't do, can others do it?

That's basically as absurd as a team of engineers with college degrees developing a chip that shocked the United States.

The domestic mobile Internet industry is developing very fast. Fast speed is a good thing, but it also has hidden dangers.

Zhou Buqi tried his best to avoid such hidden dangers.

There are still some details of cooperation between operators and WeChat to discuss in the future.

Zhou Buqi drank a few glasses of wine and didn't mix it too much.

Go home and rest.

Aunt Xue had said it before, telling him to drink less at night and pay more attention to his health. She also said that there would be good news to tell him. Zhou Buqi asked her what the good news was, and she said it was good news that would make him ecstasy.

This makes people think wildly.

Could it be that spring has arrived and Aunt Xue is in love with her? Is this the reason why you traveled back from the United States with me this time? This moral character and conduct can be regarded as a model of female virtue.