On 19/04/07, Scot McSweeney-Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Even with content from the BBC, I pay the licence fee so why should I pay in bandwidth as well?
Because Peer to Peer is the only current scalable way of distributing content. Server to client just isn't scalable enough. Server to client is also inefficient for peek loads. If you have something that is released and loads of people go to fetch it at the same time either your site will need enough servers to handle the peak load, which would mean under normal load they would not being used, or your site fails under heavy load. Peer to Peer reduces this problem. Slightly Off Topic, as you mentioned Ubuntu ISOs, nice to see that the BBC is not covering this on it's technology news, it gave an awful lot of press to Vista. nice to see that the BBC believes in neutrality and isn't favouring parties it has signed agreements with. /sarcasm Andy -- First they ignore you then they laugh at you then they fight you then you win. - Mohandas Gandhi - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
