[ NNSquad ] Re: NY Times: Verizon offers system to improve P2P transfers

2008-03-14 Thread Frank A. Coluccio
Verizon continues to stand out from the pack in a growing number of new and interesting ways. Whether this reaching out to P2P users is legit, or involves hidden gotchas, remains to be seen. Although, if the abundance of bandwidth afforded by its FiOS offering is any indication of its

[ NNSquad ] Re: NY Times: Verizon offers system to improve P2P transfers

2008-03-14 Thread Kevin McArthur
Verizon does continue to set itself apart. The statement: Pasko stressed, however, that Verizon wants to work with P2P companies that are focusing on delivery of legitimate media, like Pando -- not systems where anyone can upload anything, which usually means lots of pirated material. does

[ NNSquad ] Re: NY Times: Verizon offers system to improve P2P transfers

2008-03-14 Thread Robert Oliver
Frank A. Coluccio wrote: Verizon continues to stand out from the pack in a growing number of new and interesting ways. Whether this reaching out to P2P users is legit, or involves hidden gotchas, remains to be seen. Although, if the abundance of bandwidth afforded by its FiOS offering is any

[ NNSquad ] Re: NY Times: Verizon offers system to improve P2P transfers

2008-03-14 Thread Kelly Setzer
Kevin McArthur wrote: Verizon does continue to set itself apart. The statement: Pasko stressed, however, that Verizon wants to work with P2P companies that are focusing on delivery of legitimate media, like Pando -- not systems where anyone can upload anything, which usually means lots of

[ NNSquad ] Re: NY Times: Verizon offers system to improve P2P transfers

2008-03-14 Thread Nick Weaver
One other comment: This is interesting for a couple of factors: The files distributed are relatively few, so they should actually cache relatively well. And with FIOS, Verizon may have the same cost for upstream/downstream as everybody else, but a vastly cheaper local loop per bit. Thus P2P