Time to push multicast as transport for bittorrent? If the downloads get better performance that way, I think the clients would be around quicker that multicast would be enabled for consumer DSL or cable.
Pete Paul Ferguson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > - -- William Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Here in comcast land hdtv is actually averaging around 12 megabits a >> > second. Still adds up to staggering numbers..:) > > > Another disturbing fact inside this entire mess is that, by compressing > HD content, consumers are noticing the degradation in quality: > > http://cbs5.com/local/hdtv.cable.compression.2.705405.html > > So, we have a "Tragedy of The Commons" situation that is completely > created by the telcos themselves trying to force consumer decisions, > and then failing to deliver, but bemoaning the fact that > infrastructure is being over-utilized by file-sharers (or > "Exafloods" or whatever the apocalyptic issue of the day is for > telcos). > > A real Charlie Foxtrot. > > - - ferg > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) > > wj8DBQFIDX5Rq1pz9mNUZTMRAovKAJ0SXpK/XrW73mkCGZhtLCO5ZGsspQCfbUY3 > 0DPluYrtq0Et/RbvJguq3WM= > =furJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawg(at)netzero.net > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > NANOG@nanog.org > http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog > > _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list NANOG@nanog.org http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog