FW: ISPs slowing P2P traffic...

Joe Greco jgreco at ns.sol.net
Mon Jan 14 22:25:13 UTC 2008


> From my experience, the Internet IP Transit Bandwidth costs ISP's a lot
> more than the margins made on Broadband lines.
> 
> So users who rarely use their connection are more profitable to the ISP.

The fat man isn't a welcome sight to the owner of the AYCE buffet.

What exactly does this imply, though, from a networking point of view?

... JG
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