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I agree that if the end points are inside the ISP, it's good. But peering is different from transit; peering is a delicate relationship where ISPs route traffi
by xtacy 15y ago
I agree that if the end points are inside the ISP, it's good.
But peering is different from transit; peering is a delicate relationship where ISPs route traffic to each other for "free", as long as the demands are not too asymmetric. If this software results in a lot of traffic generated from a peering ISP, then it could be causes of worry for the receiving ISP.
- sp332 15y agoBut the "receiving" ISP is only receiving the data because its users asked for it. It doesn't make a difference if the data comes from a Spotify server or from a PC. It's still the same amount of data being transferred.
- wmf 15y agoReceiving data over a transit connection may be more expensive than from a CDN. In DOCSIS networks, P2P also tends to introduce last-mile upstream congestion which is expensive to fix.
- themal 15y agoThe last mile problem is presumably exasperated by P2P users being mostly consumers, rather than businesses, and therefore paying next to nothing for the connections.