Comments on: Alarming Title: BitTorrent declares war on the Internet http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/ A regular old blog Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Richard Bennett http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-427517 Richard Bennett Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:06:47 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/#comment-427517 Check the terms of use, jon, and you'll see that nobody sold you unlimited bandwidth. The Internet is over-subscribed by design, and its economics depend on fair sharing. Check the terms of use, jon, and you’ll see that nobody sold you unlimited bandwidth. The Internet is over-subscribed by design, and its economics depend on fair sharing.

]]> By: jon http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-427515 jon Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:18:05 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/#comment-427515 See the problem is, my ISP _did_ sell me unlimited bandwidth. They sell me a traffic rate, not a total volume of bandwidth. I'm simply using the service I purchased. I didn't agree to "share" my connection with anyone. And if I need to, I should pay a reduced rate. The problem is overselling of bandwidth, many hundreds to one, and you know it. See the problem is, my ISP _did_ sell me unlimited bandwidth. They sell me a traffic rate, not a total volume of bandwidth.

I’m simply using the service I purchased. I didn’t agree to “share” my connection with anyone. And if I need to, I should pay a reduced rate.

The problem is overselling of bandwidth, many hundreds to one, and you know it.

]]> By: Richard Bennett http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-427506 Richard Bennett Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:31:40 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/#comment-427506 The convention, Rob, is to use UDP for real-time and TCP for the rest. It's not a law, just the common practice. Click on <a href="http://www.reed.com/blog-dpr/?page_id=6" rel="nofollow">this link</a> for the history. The convention, Rob, is to use UDP for real-time and TCP for the rest. It’s not a law, just the common practice. Click on this link for the history.

]]> By: Rob http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-427505 Rob Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:06:25 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/#comment-427505 Since when was the usage of UDP reserved for specific types of applications or subject to approval by any governing body, or Mr. Bennett? Any application that can live with the unreliability and statelessness of UDP, or that wants to do its own session management, can use UDP. For large file transfers using bittorrent (i.e., Linux distributions would be one legal example), the model is usually someone with bits dumping bits to someone who doesn't have them. It's understood the transfer will take some time. Packet drops and retransmissions are acceptable. UDP for the win. Pretty simple. If bittorrent will melt the Internet by using UDP because of tweaks by router manufacturers to prefer UDP, and the routers are preferring UDP beyond what any RFC or standard calls for, the problem lies with those router manufacturers, not with people making legitimate use of UDP. The real headline should then be "Non-standards compliant routing devices fail under increased UDP usage models." Either way, I think Mr. Bennett should actually give a data-driven analysis based on an examination of the algorithms or with real data versus engaging in speculation and causing FUD. Since when was the usage of UDP reserved for specific types of applications or subject to approval by any governing body, or Mr. Bennett? Any application that can live with the unreliability and statelessness of UDP, or that wants to do its own session management, can use UDP. For large file transfers using bittorrent (i.e., Linux distributions would be one legal example), the model is usually someone with bits dumping bits to someone who doesn’t have them. It’s understood the transfer will take some time. Packet drops and retransmissions are acceptable. UDP for the win.

Pretty simple.

If bittorrent will melt the Internet by using UDP because of tweaks by router manufacturers to prefer UDP, and the routers are preferring UDP beyond what any RFC or standard calls for, the problem lies with those router manufacturers, not with people making legitimate use of UDP. The real headline should then be “Non-standards compliant routing devices fail under increased UDP usage models.”

Either way, I think Mr. Bennett should actually give a data-driven analysis based on an examination of the algorithms or with real data versus engaging in speculation and causing FUD.

]]> By: Krasimir http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-427503 Krasimir Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:21:32 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/bittorrent-declares-war-on-the-internet/#comment-427503 Richard Bennett (judging by his resume) knows best than everybody here that this article is one big pile of nonsense. The question here is WHO has paid him to publish it? And HOW MUCH? And if this is not the case, then Mr. Bennett, you need to tear all your diplomas, certificates, patents, resumes, etc., make a pile, put some salt on it and eat it - you don't deserve to have them! Richard Bennett (judging by his resume) knows best than everybody here that this article is one big pile of nonsense. The question here is WHO has paid him to publish it? And HOW MUCH?
And if this is not the case, then Mr. Bennett, you need to tear all your diplomas, certificates, patents, resumes, etc., make a pile, put some salt on it and eat it – you don’t deserve to have them!

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