On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:43:12 -0500 "William Herrin" <herrin-nanog@dirtside.com> wrote:
On Jan 14, 2008 5:25 PM, Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net> wrote:
So users who rarely use their connection are more profitable to the ISP.
The fat man isn't a welcome sight to the owner of the AYCE buffet.
Joe,
The fat man is quite welcome at the buffet, especially if he brings friends and tips well.
But the fat man isn't allowed to take up residence in the restaurant and continously eat - he's only allowed to be there in bursts, like we used to be able to assume people would use networks they're connected to. "Left running" P2P is the fat man never leaving and never stopping eating.
Time to stop selling the "always on" connections, then, I guess, because it is "always on" - not P2P - which is the fat man never leaving. P2P is merely the fat man eating a lot while he's there. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.