>> > > This is something that can be programmed into nodes without affecting 
>> > > the protocol itself.  Just have nodes record the average connection 
>> > > speed with other nodes. 
>> > 
>> > Your still not understanding Freenet, Travis. Nodes cannot just route at
>> > the leisure, it will kill the network if they do.
>> 
>> That is how I said you could rate connections by capacity.  I never
>> said that it would work in Freenet.
>
>If the node uses some selection mechanism other then closest key to select
>which route to give a request, it effects the network. Therefore you can't
>say that this sort of thing is something that can be programmed into nodes
>without effecting the protcol, because it does.

Surely the routing will still work as long as a given node uses the same 
algorithm for routing inserts as it uses for routing requests?


Michael

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