On Wednesday 03 December 2008 16:39:44 Hari Kurup wrote: > My scenario was looking at users A and B both on ISP X > trying to share files via bit torrent. Their traffic is > locally switched but each of their last miles is capped > on a small pipe. Local latency between them could be more > than the 1200ms depending on what else they are using > their pipes for (email, browsing, etc.)
This is an easy problem to solve if ISP's develop "local bandwidth" business models. Yes, the last mile providers also have a role to play, but we have to start somewhere. With the current models based on international bandwidth purchases, regardless of where traffic is headed, even though a 10Mbps Ethernet circuit became available for next-to-nothing, ISP's existing models would keep users that are local-content heavy away. Mark.
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