arstechnica.com — Comcast engineers have just released the first-ever real-world data on P4P technology?and it appears to be a massive success. While only a trial, the results do show that P4P's iTracker technology can increase P2P download speeds by 80 percent on ISP networks without materially increasing the network load.
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mahoney07Nov 4, 2008
Better P2P means less bandwith taken up which is good for Comcast.
bobbknightNov 4, 2008
Thanks TimDigg for the infos
suricouNov 4, 2008
Kirby: Some clients do exactly that. Prefer to upload to clients with as many bits of the IP matching as possible. It's better than noe trying to manage the network at all, but not as power as p4p's technique because p4p can know the actual physical layout of the network. Bitmatching only goes on what the network is likely to look like.Robo: There is a very good reason for an ISP to side with copyright holders. It comes in the form of a large army of lawyers.
stupotaceNov 4, 2008
Amen. Those damn things annoy the f**k out of me because of how often I see them. I typically bury every one of them on the principle of it.
clickwirNov 4, 2008
I don't think it's good. It simply sounds like they are redirecting your traffic. That's not good.
clickwirNov 4, 2008
This isn't an improvement. It's marketing bulls**t for "we are redirecting your traffic and you can only get the government to stop us!".
clickwirNov 4, 2008
For themselves. This is not good for users. This is just another step towards them trying to provide a service that's not "the internet". I don't know what they want it to be, well actually I do, and I don't like it.
tequilacollinsNov 4, 2008
I'm holding out for P8P. :-)