On 18/02/2012 20:08, Asher Baker wrote:
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 5:39 PM, dan<[email protected]> wrote:
p2p is a waste of time - most end users have download bandwidth more than
upload and the only reason people started using it is because they are
stealing stuff with it.
Yes but there are lots of users, a lot of users with a little upload
bandwidth would provide a nice boost alongside Valve's content
servers.
Well no it wouldn't. This is the flaw that people think if they switch
off one lightbulb then all the lightbulbs add up and we save loads of
electricity.
But it doesn't work like that, you just save a tiny bit of electricty
compared with that being used overall.
When I download from steam I'd ideally want 30mbps (60mbps in July)
If my upload speed is 3mbps, then you need 10 people, with connections
similar to mine, to support one download.
So you see, it doesn't work, it's a pyramid scheme. And it doesn't
really "boost" what Valve already has either since I'm getting 30mbps as
often as not from them anyway.
The other reason it doesn't work is because I'm not donating my
bandwidth and neither is my ISP - so I hit caps and filtering and all
kinds of other things designed to make it rubbish.
(I'm definitely not donating when I'm playing a game for reasons that
should be obvious)
Plus it doesn't scale. You see, if everyone company decides that "p2p"
is some kind of magic free bandwidth they can pinch from their userbase
then my bandwidth will be used several times over, by steam, blizzard,
spotify, google, Uncle Tom Cobley and all. So now which one do I pick?
Because this "boost" is getting smaller and smaller once you stop
deciding p2p is great because you can get crap without paying or the odd
linux CD and think about what Valve's requirements are and how p2p does
not fit them.
It would be much better to get ISPs to mirror Valve's content locally.
If there is a problem to solve.
Personally I downloaded the MW3 free weekend on Thursday without any
problems at all.
--
Dan
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