Akamai or not, microsoft is overwhelmed by the demand for SP2, and today is giving the message listed below on windowsupdate: Download and install it now - Currently not available We are currently experiencing a high level of demand for Windows XP Service Pack 2, so please check back later for availability. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you prefer to obtain SP2 another way, the easiest way to get Service Pack 2 is to turn on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP and it will be downloaded when you are connected to the Internet without you having to take any further action. So then I thought about getting it from the torrent at sp2torrent.com, but sadly microsoft has made them remove the torrent... -----Original Message----- From: Byron L. Hicks [mailto:bhicks@nmsu.edu] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 3:21 PM To: Jeff Wheeler; Henry Linneweh Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P Not true. For those of us who host Akamai servers, we could download SP2 with no problems. We did not need P2P, or MSDN. In fact, I would be very reluctant to trust a Windows update downloaded via P2P. -- Byron L. Hicks Network Engineer NMSU ICT On 8/30/04 12:43 PM, "Jeff Wheeler" <jwheeler@usip.org> wrote:
My two cents: When Windows XP SP2 was released the only way to get it (for those of us not part of MSDN at least) was via P2P. The same has been true for countless other large but important software releases on various platforms (particularly ones like Linux that aren't backed by huge corporations with tons of bandwidth to host these sorts of files).
Point is? P2P is extremely valuable for the timely and cost-effective delivery of critical updates to the masses.
-- Jeff Wheeler Postmaster, Network Admin US Institute of Peace
On Aug 30, 2004, at 2:27 PM, Henry Linneweh wrote:
So I would like some professional expert opinion to give her on this issue since it will effect the copyright inducement bill. Real benefits for production and professional usage of this technology.
-Henry