Those numbers are reasonably accurate for some networks at certain
times. There is often a back and forth between BitTorrent and NNTP
traffic. Many ISPs regulate BitTorrent traffic for this very reason.
Massive increases in this type of traffic would not be looked upon
favorably.
If you considered my previous posts, you would know I agree streaming
is scary on a large scale, but unicast streaming is what I reference.
Multicast streaming is the real solution. Ultimately, a global
multicast network is the only way to deliver these services to a
large market.
Gian Anthony Constantine
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Earthlink, Inc.
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On Jan 9, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Joe Abley wrote:
On 8-Jan-2007, at 22:26, Gian Constantine wrote:
My contention is simple. The content providers will not allow P2P
video as a legal commercial service anytime in the near future.
Furthermore, most ISPs are going to side with the content
providers on this one. Therefore, discussing it at this point in
time is purely academic, or more so, diversionary.
There are some ISPs in North America who tell me that something
like 80% of their traffic *today* is BitTorrent. I don't know how
accurate their numbers are, or whether those ISPs form a
representative sample, but it certainly seems possible that the
traffic exists regardless of the legality of the distribution.
If the traffic is real, and growing, the question is neither
academic nor diversionary.
However, if we close our eyes and accept for a minute that P2P
video isn't happening, and all growth in video over the Internet
will be in real-time streaming, then I think the future looks a lot
more scary. When TSN.CA streamed the World Junior Hockey
Championship final via Akamai last Friday, there were several ISPs
in Toronto who saw their transit traffic *double* during the game.
Joe
