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Disproving The Concept Of The 'Bandwidth Hog'
If the legendary beast is real, surely data will prove it...
Earlier this month an analyst for the Yankee Group and one of the primary developers of Amsterdam's fiber to the home (and houseboat) network argued that the bandwidth hog didn't exist, and was instead simply a concept used to disguise poorly designed networks and justify anti-consumer behavior. To prove their point, they offered to analyze anonymous data from any ISP willing to volunteer -- as long as the ISP offered data that adhered to a specific dataset. According to a new post over at the blog, several ISPs have offered to participate (though there are no names so far). They've also set forth the exact dataset (pdf) they're looking for, if any additional ISPs wish to participate.

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pandora
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pandora

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Karl you do a great job here ... But

Karl,

You are wonderfully verbose and do a great job of bringing up interesting stories on a regular basis.

One theme you seem to love is the idea which denies the existence and impact of data hogs.

At residential prices and for residential service I believe there are data hogs. All it takes is a 17 year old with a TB hard drive and a strong desire to torrent. I don't expect my ISP to handle these guys without affecting others who share the node. I don't expect my ISP to build a node for one or a few data hogs.