“ P4P: A set of business practices and integrated network topology awareness models designed to optimize ISP network resources and enable P2P based content payload acceleration. ” -- DCIA P4PWG
Verizon makes nice with P2P
From an ISP's point of view, P2P traffic can appear to be exceptionally daunting. If they choose to block it, as some have accused almost all of the major US ISPs of doing, then their networks would become ghost networks, with virtually no traffic in sight. But if they embrace it, their networks are fast moving crazy places, where suppliers have to sprint to keep their network surviving. … (Full Article Here)
Verizon touts smart P2P software
A real-world Internet test reveals that "intelligent" routing of peer-to-peer traffic can drastically reduce network utilization and speed up downloads for subscribers, according to a new study. … (Full Article Here)
Historic Day for P2P
Back in June of last year, I attended the first New York P2P 2.0 Meetup, organized by Laird Popkin, CTO of Pando Networks and attended by Verizon Senior Technologist Doug Paskin, in which Yale PhD student Haiyong Xie presented his research on the benefit of “Proactive Provider Assistance for P2P.” … (Full Article Here)
Verizon touts smart P2P software
A real-world Internet test reveals that "intelligent" routing of peer-to-peer traffic can drastically reduce network utilization and speed up downloads for subscribers, according to a new study. … (Full Article Here)
Test Signals Breakthrough to Speed Transfers of Large Files Over the Internet
Large files can be moved over the Internet more quickly and efficiently using a new peer-to-peer (P2P) file transfer system, recent tests over the Verizon network show. The new P2P protocol guides the selection of file sources and network pathways rather than letting the selection happen randomly, or using criteria that don't maximize efficiency. … (Full Article Here)
