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Re: Let them try said by ISurfTooMuch:First of all, I applaud any effort to reduce bandwidth. Frankly, I can't understand why current or even past P2P clients didn't implement something like this, since it benefits the end user. They already do, in the way that the P2P clients select peers to pair with for longer-term higher-speed transfers, but it takes 15-30 minutes or so to work through the list of peers (in BitTorrent). The same effect works in eMule and Gnutella but it's based on how many times the same pairs will trade with each other based on their scoring systems.
P4P adds intelligence provided by the ISPs as to where their own routes are vs. the routes of their most expensive transit providers. That intelligence is used to bias the results in peer selection so that the first set peers that you connect with will be heavy on the more local peers.
Of course, all of these tests have been closed and we've just got their word to go on -- but their words are that YES it will be open-source, YES P2P client authors will be able to incorporate it, YES P4P is a choice and users can opt to ignore it without penalty.
Those are great words, and I hope they come true.
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Robb Topolski -= funchords.com =- Hillsboro, Oregon
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