iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| Makes Sense Comcast has their own national backbone, AT&T's ATTIS/SBCIS backbone handles AT&T DSL customers, Verizon-GNI handles Verizon customers, Suddenlink has a backbone...the list goes on.It's amazing how much peering we have in the US these days...makes it nice for educational institutions because they can hook into National LambdaRail TransitRail and just dump traffic in Chicago, Seattle and LA onto providers like Comcast, without having to use (relatively) expensive transit carriers.
On P2P, I'm not surprised at all. Music sharing is all but dead, since you can find all that stuff cheaply and quickly online from a variety of sources now. Movies are still being trafficked, but not as much as before. As far as software goes, basically the only thing on the charts right now is Windows 7. |
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 stupergeniusStop Drinking That Whiskey.
join:2002-01-20
Columbus, OH | said by iansltx:As far as software goes, basically the only thing on the charts right now is Windows 7. You don't even need to pirate Windows 7 yet. Mac OSX 10.6 was hella cheap. The only thing I saw with a big spike recently was Batman Arkham Asylum. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Personally I don't want to run 10.6 on a hackintosh. Also, I did buy a family pack of OS 10.6 (the size...requiring a dual-layer DVD, is a rather effective anti-piracy tool) and get Windows 7 free through my school. |
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This is all happening because a lack of content , no good games or if they are good the prices have fallen enough that they are easier to buy then copy.
Im betting a bad economy has a huge role in this as well , maybe most of the folks who used p2p to get music have found other means , or are using encrypted means that can't be distinguished yet ?
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chimera
join:2009-06-09
Washington, DC Reviews:
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| You can't forget that distribution methods like steam have pushed gamers away from peer to peer. It has (nearly) all of the convience of downloading the game illegally except you have to pay for it and don't have to worry about viruses (a very nice tradeoff in my book). |
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