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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. not sure where they can go with this? by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 0, Troll

    Quoth CmdrTaco: I'm not sure where they can go with this.

    How about enforcing copyright law? That should cut down the P2P bandwidth by about 99.999%.

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    MORTAR COMBAT!
  2. Re:that's a lotta emails! by Suidae · · Score: 0, Troll

    If ISPs would charge users for the bandwidth they use, it wouldn't matter what protocols take what bandwidth.

    Naturally most users will want a flat rate, like they have now, so the simple solution is to charge a flat rate up to X gb transfer per billing period, and N dollars per gig after that.

    Of course if they do that, they'll need to remove their 'server' restrictions and let those who want to host servers do so.

    When bandwidth usage goes up, the ISP will make more money on service fees so they can buy more capacity. Its a pretty basic business concept.