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P2P Bandwidth Hogging the Net

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-the-sky-is-blue dept.

zymano writes "zdnet has this article about bandwidth hogging p2p." I'm sure we'll see more rate limiting in the future and per-gig charges. The article says 60% of ISPs bandwidth is P2P, and that seems high to me, but not unrealistic. Besides, since most broadband is pretty seriously hamstringed in the upstream department, I'm not sure where they can go with this.

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  1. P2P with super nodes - centralization by ReelOddeeo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    XNap, my favorite, uses the OpenNap protocol. This is not a bandwidth hog. It also doesn't use a single centralized server. But it does use centralized servers that people run. (Maybe this is sort of like Kaaza's supernodes?)

    There are ways to make p2p require less bandwidth, but the RIAA/MPAA will never let it happen because the ability to transfer packets over the net enables bad things such as piracy in addition to the "good" uses, such as consuming and viewing ads.

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