moresuo
join:2001-08-26
Stewartsville, NJ
| reply to B
Re: Baloney!
The Register article if flawed on its face as the premise it draws its conclusions on is flawed.
All one has to go on is the technology, as it is currently understood, and the history of the players involved.
The technology, as understood, allows the backbones enough bandwidth at this time as there is no need to play favorites among those sending and receiving. All the bit bucketing and pipe narrowing takes place below the backbone near the end user. Such throttle backs aren't necessary and when compared against the history of the AT&T, Comcast, etc, etc, players seen for what they are: attempts at revenue generation.
Not that I wouldn't put a little editorializing past them when targeting bit torrent traffic to throttle back on. That's just gravy though.
If you accept the ability to truncate traffic due to what it carries, it can be bit torrent today and anything else tomorrow. It becomes too late, you see, as you've already bought into the premise.
Traffic must be traffic, must be traffic. All the same. Only in this way can we assure that everyone gets a far shake and the "internets' aren't treated as the private property of several large corporations operating its backbone. |
