[ NNSquad ] Re: Sandvine MSO Study shows device throttles P2P upload by 98%

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

An appropriate report for the day of turkeys, to be sure.

Two lines I particularly liked...  From the report itself:

     Once Sandvine Peer-To-Peer Policy Management was enabled,
     bandwidth utilization by P2P traffic fell to less than eight
     per cent (8%) [from 94%] without impacting subscriber peer to
     peer sessions.

One might ask, how is this possible?  Well, the report suggests that
the vast bulk of P2P protocol activity is useless "chatter" and the
like.  An interesting assertion.

The message quoting the study notes:

    Sandvine published a case study that recommended throttling P2P
    uploads by 98%!! Is this reasonable network management?

As it happens, billionaire Mark Cuban would presumably think so.
He's just blogged an item where he congratulates Comcast for a job
well done when it comes to P2P management, and urges a total ban on
all P2P traffic (or a healthy surcharge).  Since my thoughts on
Cuban's proposal are out of scope here, I've commented on them
elsewhere (on my blog, and in a thread over on the NNSquad Forum).

Happy Turkey Day, all!

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com or lauren@pfir.org 
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren 
Co-Founder, PFIR
   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org 
Co-Founder, NNSquad 
   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
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Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com 

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> Happy Thanksgiving!
> 
> Here's an interesting read...
> 
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19492688-Sandvines-MSO-Case-StudyReasonable-Network-Management
> 
> -- 
> Robb Topolski (robb@funchords.com)
> Hillsboro, Oregon USA
> http://www.funchords.com/
>