Hi, The trick is in the first centence.
If they would have changed their policy from 'one cache for a country' to 'one cache per ISP' the result will be that the favor the big ISPs. As it is Googles incentive to get as many people online as possible, favoring the big ISPs is not a good idea. Stimulating competition is good, awarding the big guys is stiffling. The endresult might just as well be fewer people online. (having said that, if the ISP's got their head together and shared the costs of the cache amongst themselves, they would all benefit. As the ISPs have not read up on Game Theory, and they think the internet originates from their own belly button, that is the best outcome, and also one of the most unlikely ones. Game Theory is the one where you are with 2 buddies in the pub. 3 chicks walk in. One of the chicks is even hotter than the other 2. You, being a nerd, can do 2 things. You can follow your 'heart' and go for the hottest one. After all, that is what your 'heart' is telling you to do. If your friends, sensitive as they are, do the same thing, 2 of you guys are going to end up very dissapointed for sure. Game Theory is all about calculating your best option. That involves calculating how hot this chick really is, how hot her friends are, how hot you are, compared to your buddies etc. Cutting a deal with your buddies is definitly a part of this. Ugandan ISPs tend to all go for the hot chick. no matter what their buddies look like. Lots of missed opportunities there. All the time. ) (phew, its not even friday yet) -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Wednesday 21 July 2010 13:00:33 Mark Tinka wrote: > Google's policies notwithstanding, ISP's that host Google > resources locally on their networks have no incentive to > carry traffic toward these resources for non-customers. > > Mark. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
