Aussie ISPs say OK to p2p
p2p news / p2pnet: P2p network aficianados with accounts on Australia’s three largest ISPs won’t, for the moment, have to worry about being throttled back.
"However, some say they have the means to apply limits if that is required in the future," says The Australian.
Oz wireless ISPs in Australia admitted to throttling p2p traffic, says a recent report, and, "This prompted fears of the practice being adopted more widely".
But Telstra, Optus and iiNet say they don’t differentiate between peer-to-peer and other forms of internet traffic, says the story, adding:
"Some ISPs are sceptical that limiting peer-to-peer file sharing traffic was feasible from a technical standpoint."
Also See:
The Australian – Microsoft Frowns on iDefense Hacking Challenge, February 17, 2006
throttling p2p traffic – Australian p2p ‘de-prioritization’, February 8, 2006
February 21st, 2006 at 6:43 am
and I quote “some say they have the means to apply limits if that is required in the future,”
Umm, guess what ISP jagoff, apply throttling and the P2P development community will quickly defeat it. Encrypted streams, RSA handshaking schemes, and other tricks like this are impossible to defeat at the router level unless you have the processing power of a small star.
Another point, go ahead and throttle and hand business off the the other ISPs that don’t. People want speed, and even in a little dirt-hole like australia there is a little something called COMPETITION that means when the consumer is paying, the consumer decides if they will put up with throttling.