The issue of bandwidth management is the #1 issue for higher level ISPs
right now. Obviously you don't read the trade magazines or talk to those
persons.
The move to lower bandwidth consumption of websites in general has picked up
speed as well. Many many sites and organisations are taking a stand to
reduce bandwidth use of websites and the Internet in general.
Bandwidth consumption on the Internet is important enough that most routers
and software routers (including Linux) now include options to make use of
RED (random early detection) in their queuing systems to drop IP packets and
cause TCP streams to slow down and not fill their pipes. Major routers are
clogging and locking up at major websites. This is a real issue. If you
think opening a few dozen connections to a major ISP who has to handle
thousands is not going to make a difference, think again.
NOTE:
Mind you, I think a simple solution includes adding an option to drop
incoming connections (on tcpserver) from IPs that already have connections
open.
Petr Novotny wrote:
> > It does break one of the basic rules on the Internet that many people
> > fell ist still important.
>
> Which rule is it? 95% of the people on the internet care about
> speed, not bandwidth consumption or resource usage. How many
> people have you observed saying "I am pulling down all the nifty
> graphics from my website - it consumes too much resources."?
