FW: ISPs slowing P2P traffic...

Mon Jan 14 23:43:12 UTC 2008

On Jan 14, 2008 5:25 PM, Joe Greco <jgreco at ns.sol.net> wrote:
> > 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.

Joe,

The fat man is quite welcome at the buffet, especially if he brings
friends and tips well. That's the buffet's target market: folks who
aren't satisfied with a smaller portion.

The unwelcome guy is the smelly slob who spills half his food,
complains, spends most of 4 hours occupying the table yelling into a
cell phone (with food still in his mouth and in a foreign language to
boot), burps, farts, leaves no tip and generally makes the restaurant
an unpleasant place for anyone else to be.

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

That the unpleasant nuisance who degrades everyone else's service and
bothers the staff gets encouraged to leave.

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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