I must say, I misworded my statements. We allow it, but throttle and shape it. If they fixed the problems with it, I would let it go full throttle should have been how I worded it.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David E. Smith Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:52 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Look how ComCast deals with P2P Scottie Arnett wrote: > Forgot to mention...if BT clients would not come with deafult > connections set at 500 to 1000, I might allow it to. That is where it > kills our equipment...the connections, not the bandwidth. Concur, and THAT is why I limit p2p traffic on my network. Frankly, I couldn't care less what my customers are downloading, only how they're downloading it. We all know that some really big percentage of p2p traffic is the sharing of copyrighted material that may be illegal to share, but saying that's the reason for throttling p2p traffic is probably pretty thorny, from a legal standpoint. Explaining it in technical terms (all these connections kills the tower and annoys other users) is safer, and as a bonus is completely true. It's actually more effective on many of my customers, who suddenly realize that the folks being affected by their selfish p2p downloads are friends and neighbors. Psychology, used correctly, can be just as effective as a Packeteer. David Smith MVN.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET INDUSTRY EVENT ** ** FREE Exhibits and Events Pass available until August 31 ** ** Use Customer Code WSEMF7 when you register online at http://www.ispcon.com/register.php ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.1/1079 - Release Date: 10/19/2007 5:10 AM -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 2481 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.1/1079 - Release Date: 10/19/2007 5:10 AM --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Dial-Up Internet service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $9.99/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com for information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET INDUSTRY EVENT ** ** FREE Exhibits and Events Pass available until August 31 ** ** Use Customer Code WSEMF7 when you register online at http://www.ispcon.com/register.php ** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
