|
|
|
Cable Execs: We Won't Throttle P2P |
|
|
|
Written by Jared Maynard
|
|
Friday, 23 May 2008 |
|
"NEW YORK -- STREAMING MEDIA EAST -- Following some tests showing that P2P delivery can be optimized within their networks, Comcast and Verizon say they won’t block or throttle Internet traffic delivered via peer-to-peer networks.
Verizon and file-sharing firm Pando Networks shared the results of a trial that Verizon ran with Pando and other firms in February in which they tested how P2P files are delivered if an ISP teams up with a P2P company.
Pando CEO Robert Levitan said before February’s test, 98 percent of the data delivered to users in the P2P test came from outside Verizon’s network. During the P2P test, the amount of P2P content delivered to Verizon subscribers from inside its network grew from 2 percent to 50 percent, Levitan said..." ~contentinople.com
|
|
