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Not only. Asymmetric bandwidth really sucks for p2p. And most "broadband" connections in the US are asymmetric.

• jacquesm 12y ago
  Yes, you're right, that's the other one but as long as home connections are consumption centric that will likely remain. It's been that way since time immemorial, 300/75 was my first modem, the only time that I had symmetrical up/down was in the ISDN period.
  • hyc_symas 12y ago
    Your point about firewalls makes me wonder if their time is past. The Sony hack was clearly an inside job, and we've always known that the majority of data breaches over history have been inside jobs. It seems we need to focus on better local security, and once we've done that, the need for firewalls disappears. And then we can open internet connections freely again, like we used to before firewalls became so popular.