Some of the most common P2P protocols result in unusual and problematic patterns of network behaviour because the overlay networks they create are at odds with the normal behaviour of Internet traffic. Using a unique, patented approach to monitoring certain statistical properties of each client's network activity--without examining packet headers or content--allows us to accurately detect and measure the intensity of individual user P2P upload activity with no impact on network throughput or end-user privacy. This approach has been successfully used simultaneously and in real-time on hundreds of wired Ethernet links operating at speeds up to 1 Gbps with no ill effect on network performance. http://www.orcaflow.ca
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What About P2P Filters???
Have the ISPs abadon the us eof P2P filters? In foolish quest to stop P2P,ISPs have brought the existence of several P2P filter vendors who promised to eradicate this file sharing. One wonders whether they have been successful? Thrwo awya those filters and devise new and effective protocols to manage P2P traffic:P2P Filters: Not worth The Hype ( http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=466&doc_id=149342&F_src=flftwo)
Stop fraud not p2p
What we need to do is stop these companies such as Comcast, and Virgin from commiting fraud.
ISPs need to..
..expand their network bandwidth and infrastructure!
What do they expect when they offer
ADSL2+ & Cable packages of 10-20Mbps packages?
The user didn't subscribe in order to check mail and read news!
When they advertise UNLIMITED broadband services they should be able to stick to their policies and provide it! 24x7!
2 words:
Fuck yes.
P2P Control
there is little doubt, the internet as we know it, is going to change, and change for the worse I am sure. Anything to stick it to the people.
JT
http://www.FireMe.To/udi
Market Place will solve these issues...
There is an interesting new "ISP" that provides guarantees network neutrality as a service. The service also has a bittorrent web interface. I've been using both for about week, and personally I really like the service. I'm in the dorms where we can't really play games as we are blocked by a firewall, but the Zercurity service gets around this issue. Anyways you guys should check it out.
http://www.zercurity.com
This is ridiculous, It's like hanging up on people who make a lo
This is ridiculous, It's like hanging up on people who make a lot of phone calls when they PAYED for they're phone line service. It's like forcing you to go home and then drive back to work again when you use your car in heavy traffic. It's all about POWER and who CONTROLS what YOU do and PAYED for the right to DO. It's evil, and like others have said, the marketplace should take care of it. And then, we will ALWAYS find methods to retain OUR FREEDOM!! :)) yeah!! hehe
2 Words
Fuck no.
The state of change
P2P services like Bittorrent and commercial offerings like Netflix's on-demand video, MLB TV and others are turning the bandwidth utilization into a major concern for most ISPs.
Trying to remain competitive and yet offer the increases in speeds that the marketplace demands.
Let's say you're an ISP with 20,000 users in a particular service area, most of whom are on DSL or like service. And just 5% of those users subscribe to Netflix.
Of those 1000 users one third of them decide to watch a move between 7 and 10 PM. 330 users x 3MB = 990MB of sustained bandwidth. That's nearing an OC48 of bandwidth. So 1.5% of users can saturate the 'pipes' pretty easily.
Unless the provider can get the content out of the cloud and into the providers' network, this becomes a huge issue.
Services like Akamai can remove the stress of some of this, but for some unique content, the packets will have to traverse the cloud.
Now with the push by Google to get more and more people using services 'in the cloud' the situation is going to get worse.
For those in the US who say 'look at Japan, Korea or Europe - they offer 50-100MB to the home...' -- look at a map and see how many of those countries can fit inside a state like Ohio or Pennsylvania. Building infrastructure is not cheap (which is why the ILECs and MSOs fight to keep competitors off their facilities).
Interesting times ahead...
It would seem that unless the limits are specified in the contra
It would seem that unless the limits are specified in the contract when you purchase the internet access the ISP cannot now state "we are running out of bandwidth". It is not the consumers fault that they continue to overbill the capacity they can manage. Of course some people are downloading a gig or more of content a day. The ISP's do not want to specify where the limit is because the public would know that they are not getting what they are paying for. Google and YouTube have been here for years now and only Comcast (so far...) is blocking... BitTorrent transfers? Streaming radio and video EATS bandwidth but P2P software is blocked? It finds your file a slice at a time... Over the course of hours. I do not believe BitTorrent is the cause of network mismanagement. Over selling network capacity slows down your network. How many people have cable from the same ISP in YOUR neighborhood? Ask your neighbors... that is a shared connection people. FTP has also been here for over a decade. That is what people used before these "P2P" services. Comcast is not supposed to interfere with your traffic. The contract says so. Or any ISP. Read your contract people. However the ISP can specify limits, BEFORE you sign up.