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On Friday 13 April 2007 08:25, dan at geer.org uttered thusly: > NSDI was just held in Cambridge[1]. One of the > poster sessions involved some pretty convincing > numbers which show that P2P (including VoIP) > cannot much grow as long as asymmetric bandwidth > allocation policies are in place at the ISPs, > and that latency issues are especially potent > deterrents. > > I don't use FIOS, but does it do asymmetric > allocation (X upstream v. X/5 downstream)? Yes, typically 2Mbit/s upstream, 5/15/...MBit/s downstream, depending on the level of service you have. They seem to be rather stubborn on the 2Mbit upstream limitation. You do a bit better with business class service, I think. I do know of someone who managed to get a full symmetric T3 bandwidth through Fios, but he had to pull some strings at Verizon to do it. Other than that limitation, having a 5/2 Mbit/s D/U rate for just $35 per month doesn't suck. And having had Fios for about a year now, I've not had a single problem with it -- been up to speed and rock-solid reliable, which is far more I can say for any other service I've ever had. And I've been through them all -- DSL, Cable Modem, ISDN, Frame Relay. The only thing I have not tried is satellite, but that's very slow and very expensive. -- --Fred Mitchell, 603-557-5986 Planetary Server Global Technology for a Global Reach -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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