Legality issues aside (yes, there are plenty of legal uses for bit- torrent), if your end-points are 802.11n, you don't want to encourage bit-torrent use. Wireless and bit-torrent don't get along well. Even the faster 802.11n standard. It's all about the time-slots and with wireless being such a heavily shared medium, it just doesn't work. Because DSL and active fiber are more of a "point-to-point" type architecture between the end-user and a main distribution point (DSLAM/ Switch/etc), bit-torrent has much less of an impact on the overall network and it's end-users. I can't speak to how it operates under DOCSIS (cable, RF based shared medium) but considering how every cable provider in the nation treats the protocol, I suspect it's not good either.
Tyler Booth // President ph. 503.548.2000 | fx. 503.548.2002 921 SW Washington St, Suite 224 Portland OR 97205 On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:39 AM, Conor Todd wrote: > I, too, think this is a great idea. You'd obvisously have to work > with the city on this, and it probably wouldn't work in most of the > city because the per-person cost would be really high. However, a > fiber network which has 802.11n endpoints (and perhaps endpoints > inside of pre-wired apartment buildings) would reach a lot more > people for not as much money. > > You'd have to have a monthly open class on how to properly configure > Bittorrent clients, though... ;) > > - Conor > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Michael Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > From the article: > > In their paper Homes with Tails (PDF), Columbia Law School professor > and NAF Fellow Tim Wu and Google Policy Analyst Derek Slater lay out a > proposal in which a community would establish a collectively-owned > fiber trunk cable that would lead to individually-owned lines into > people's homes. > > Columbia Law professor Tim Wu explained Friday the benefits of > encouraging privately owned fiber lines. > > Such an architecture would be "akin to a condominium complex--also a > radical form of property not too long ago," Slater said. > The fiber would lead an open point of presence (or PoP), at which > different service providers could set up equipment and compete for > residents' business. > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10105776-38.html > > I've been saying exactly this for months. I would love to actually see > a neighborhood come together to install homeowner purchased fiber with > a community trunk, anyone interested? > > -- > Michael Weinberg > President > Personal Telco Project, Inc. > A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit > > > > > > -- > "(Information) consumes the attention of its recipients, hence a > wealth of information creates a poverty of attention." > > -- Herbert Simon > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
