[funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)
Roland Dobbins
rdobbins at cisco.com
Tue Mar 13 16:15:43 UTC 2007
On Mar 13, 2007, at 9:11 AM, Joe Abley wrote:
> So long as most torrent clients are used to share content
> illicitly, that doesn't sound like much of a business driver for
> the DSL/CATV ISP. And so long as the average user doesn't have an
> alternative provider which gives better torrent sharing
> capabilities, there doesn't seem to be much of a risk of churn
> because of being torrent-unfriendly
er, that's why I put a smiley below it. Like this:
;>
In all seriousness, DVR-on-demand type services offered by the SPs
themselves would be one driver. Right now, they're all overlay
networks which the SPs don't view as being directly monetizable. If/
when they offer such services themselves, however, I, predict this
will change.
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