Sorry, I know I get long-winded. That's why I don't post as much as I used to. ;-)
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > There's an op-ed piece in this posting, Ray. Do you want to write it, or > should I? > > :-) > > > On April 23, 2015 10:06:42 AM EDT, Ray Soucy <r...@maine.edu> wrote: >> >> It's amazing, really. >> >> Netflix and YouTube now overtake BitTorrent and all other file sharing >> peer-to-peer traffic combined, even on academic networks, by order(s) of >> magnitude. The amount of peer-to-peer traffic is not even significant in >> comparison. It might as well be IRC from our perspective. >> >> Internet usage habits have shifted quite a bit in the past decade. I >> think the takeaway is that if you provide content in a way that is fairly >> priced and convenient to access (e.g. DRM doesn't get in your way), most >> people will opt for the legal route. Something we were trying to explain >> to the MPAA and RIAA years ago when they shoved the DMCA down our throats. >> >> I'm certainly in favor of symmetrical service. I think there is a widely >> held myth that DOS attacks will take down the Internet when everyone has >> more bandwidth. The fact is that DOS attacks are a problem regardless of >> bandwidth, and throttling people isn't a solution. The other (somewhat >> insulting) argument that people will use greater upload speeds for illegal >> activity is pretty bogus as well. >> >> The limit on upload bandwidth for most people is a roadblock to a lot of >> the services that people will take for granted a decade from now; cloud >> backup, residential video surveillance over IP, peer-to-peer high >> definition video conferencing. And likely a lot of things that we haven't >> imagined yet. >> >> As funny as it sounds, I think Twitch (streaming video games) has been >> the application that has made the younger generation care about their >> upload speed more than anything else. They now have a use case where their >> limited upload is a real problem for them, and when they find out their ISP >> can't provide anything good enough they get pretty upset about it. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Frank Bulk" <frnk...@iname.com> >>> >>> > Those are measured at the campus boundary. I don't have visibility >>> inside >>> > the school's network to know who much intra-campus traffic there may >>> be . >>> > but we know that peer-to-peer is a small percentage of overall Internet >>> > traffic flows, and streaming video remains the largets. >>> >>> BitTorrent makes special efforts to keep as much traffic local as >>> possible, >>> I understand; that probably isn't too helpful... except at scales like >>> that >>> on a resnet at a sizable campus. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -- jra >>> -- >>> Jay R. Ashworth Baylink >>> j...@baylink.com >>> Designer The Things I Think >>> RFC 2100 >>> Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land >>> Rover DII >>> St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 >>> 647 1274 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ray Patrick Soucy >> Network Engineer >> University of Maine System >> >> T: 207-561-3526 >> F: 207-561-3531 >> >> MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network >> www.maineren.net >> > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- Ray Patrick Soucy Network Engineer University of Maine System T: 207-561-3526 F: 207-561-3531 MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network www.maineren.net
