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Peer-to-Peer Networks Blocked in NZ
mjl writes: "It seems that Time Warner is not the only ISP that limits bandwidth of residential customers. In New Zealand, Telecom is also blocking the use of well known P2P applications. What Telecom fails to recognise is that these people are pushing the envelope of what the Internet can do, and will drive the technology economy in years to come."
There are vampires in broadband land...
I'm talking about downloading on the internet - specifically music and videos via file-sharing networks such as KaZaA and Grokster.
Ahh! That finally explains why so many nodes seem to drop off the network around sunrise.
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
What Telecom fails to recognise is that these people are pushing the envelope of what the Internet can do, and will drive the technology economy in years to come.
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Sooo, when did p2p apps take over that torch from porn?
Come on now!! we all know its not "vampires" clogging new zealands net pipes!
Everyone knows the sheep are clogging priceline.com to find the a cheap ticket out of there! they're sick of being sheared! theres only 40 milliion of them to the 3.5 million Kiwi's there(new zealanders).
Hopefully you didn't just slashdot yourself!
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
There are vampires in broadband land
To begin with, people who downloaded music from the internet were equated with people who robbed and looted ships at sea. Now I see they are being compared to the blood-drinking undead.
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how anyone could ever make any real money on these technologies
Well, one way is to distribute a free P2P client that can be used to steal processor cycles and disk storage from unwitting users. Then write it up in your 10K and sell shares of the company.