cornelius785
join:2006-10-26
Worcester, MA
| reply to patcat88
Re: passing the buck
uh, as far as i know, nearly all residential internet connections do NOT pay for upstream bandwidth use. so i fail to see how cnn is 'Passing on their upstream bandwidth bill to consumers'.
what is so wrong with P2P for mass video distribution? is it really any different from p2p distribution of other files? who gives a shit if the cnn's upstream bandwidth usage decreases as long as i get to see the content i want to see and it isn't utilizing 100% of my upstream capacity? |
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Angrychair
join:2000-09-20
Jacksonville, FL | So upstream transfers don't count in all of the caps that have been popping up recently? Good to know. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| reply to cornelius785
said by cornelius785  :uh, as far as i know, nearly all residential internet connections do NOT pay for upstream bandwidth use. With my ISP, upstream bandwidth usage counts against the 100GB cap. |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | Oh I see now the Communist News Network is doing what amounts to mooching bandwidth. Sorry not from me. |
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tshirt
Premium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
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| reply to cornelius785
said by cornelius785 :what is so wrong with P2P for mass video distribution?
Because it's inefficient. Rather then a single streamed/downloaded file per user, instead you download it and then up load it to one or more others.
sure it takes the load off CNN (who would hopefully own/ lease high efficientcy servers, optimized for video connectted directly to major backbones) instead putting the burden on generally less efficient individual PC's at the end of the last mile.
In this case because they didn't clearly disclose (bold print on the pop up.) what they were installing, and that it isn't actually nessesary, I think CNN owes an apology to all users, those who downloaded AND those indirectly effected. |
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LeftOfSanity
join:2005-11-06
Felton, DE
| reply to Transmaster
said by Transmaster :Oh I see now the Communist News Network is doing what amounts to mooching bandwidth. Sorry not from me. Yea, I would expect this from Faux News. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to Angrychair
said by Angrychair :So upstream transfers don't count in all of the caps that have been popping up recently? Good to know. They sure do count. |
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Richard B
Fur It Up
join:2007-06-22
Portland, OR | reply to cornelius785
Very simple I do not want a multi billion dollar media firm access to my network behind the firewall or upstream bandwidth. It is what I do not us P2P applications. |
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