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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits ofP2P
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. Freedom of the press belongs to those that can afford to buy a press.
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