> That's just the typical Bittorrent /client/, but the idea of using > Bittorrent means the /protocol/. A special Bittorrent client could be > written for ISPs with uploads disabled and Apple could also disable them > on the update-downloading Bittorrent client for the phones. > > The clients (be it Bittorrent or not) would still download the MD5 hash > after the download finishes to verify the integrity of the download, and > Apple would still be able to measure the amount of downloaded images.
So then all the networks that have done $things to BitTorrent to demote it to second-rate traffic will suddenly have a bunch of very angry Apple fans whose downloads are mysteriously having issues. And then - assuming you intend for more things than just Apple to go this route - all the CDN's would need to be redesigned to support BT too. It seems like it'd be simpler for Apple to figure out how to validate a partial download and then resume. It isn't like that would be cutting edge technology. I think I might even have seen it happen before. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.