openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| reply to backness
Re: Just content providers trying to shift costs to ISPs
I'm not discussing the technology's capability, I'm talking about the expense to support the technology. A properly configured/supported server farm can do what you're talking about just as well as a P2P solution...it just costs the content distributor more money.
The data passing along your line can be equated to $x/GB. The problem is that the algorithms of the outdated business plans of a majority of ISPs are beginning to show their age. Exponential usage can't continue without scaling costs to cover maintenance and expansion of the network. |
