Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P

Mon Aug 30 21:03:38 UTC 2004

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Fred Baker wrote:
> This kind of a "you're different and therefore wrong" mismatch has made
> complete hash out of quite a variety of discussions concerning user
> experience and user requirements on the Internet. Please listen carefully
> when someone talks about having limited rate access. The assumptions that
> are obviously true in your (SP) world are completely irrelevant in theirs.
> If you want their opinions - and this opinion was explicitly requested -
> you have to respect them when they are offered, not just bash them as
> different from your experience.

I've always wondered what really makes P2P different from anything else on
the Internet?  From the service provider's point of view, users accessing
CNN.COM is a peer-to-peer activity between the user and CNN.  From the
service provider's point of view, Microsoft and Akamai are peer-to-peer
activities.

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