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i think there are going to be bumpy times ahead for P2P-based companies that depend on a limitless supply of upstream transfer bytes from a home. upstream bandw
by smoody 18y ago
i think there are going to be bumpy times ahead for P2P-based companies that depend on a limitless supply of upstream transfer bytes from a home. upstream bandwidth seems like the scarce commodity and it is just a matter of time before it is throttled back. my humble opinion, of course.
i have a vudu box and when i'm not using it, it is always disconnected from the net because i don't want to be throttled by my cable service provider (or, more likely, not have it throttled but wonder if it is being throttled every time there's a slow down).
- jdavid 18y agothis can be solved by using a real ISP that does not oversell as much, instead of cheap comcast,timewarner, or att
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoUnfortunately, getting such an ISP is prohibitively expensive for many consumers. And regional monopolies lock in the rest.
- mleonhard 18y agoIt costs $20 extra per month in Seattle: http://www.inwa.net/ http://www.inwa.net/
- tokipin 18y agorecently i learned of Verizon's FiOS which has multi-Mb upload rates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_FiOS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_FiOS