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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 of P2P
Traffic patterns is one thing for sure. P2P should be lopsided the other way around. More outbound, than inbound. or at best symetric. Regular browsing is asymmetric with more inbound than outbound. Have people been tracking changes in the traffic patterns since the advent of P2P. Bora > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sean Donelan > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 2:04 PM > To: Fred Baker > Cc: Henry Linneweh; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the > Benefits of P2P > > > > 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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