Open Connect

Got it.

Through their Open Connect network, there is likely a server sitting just a few miles from your house holding a perfect static copy of that movie.

Right.

It operates exactly like a massive, highly efficient digital library.

Right.

So on one side, you have the control plane, which is hosted entirely in Amazon Web Services, or AWS, and then on the completely opposite side, you have the data plane, which is their custom-built physical network called Open Connect.

So let's give you, the listener, a mental model for this.

Think of it like, uh, the most popular high-end restaurant in the galaxy.

The front of house, basically.

Exactly.

And the data plane, Open Connect, is the kitchen and the conveyor belt.

They just cook the food and physically slide it onto your table.