[73601] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Wheeler)
Mon Aug 30 14:44:28 2004
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Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Jeff Wheeler <jwheeler@usip.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:43:49 -0400
To: Henry Linneweh <hrlinneweh@sbcglobal.net>
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My two cents:
When Windows XP SP2 was released the only way to get it (for those of
us not part of MSDN at least) was via P2P. The same has been true for
countless other large but important software releases on various
platforms (particularly ones like Linux that aren't backed by huge
corporations with tons of bandwidth to host these sorts of files).
Point is? P2P is extremely valuable for the timely and cost-effective
delivery of critical updates to the masses.
--
Jeff Wheeler
Postmaster, Network Admin
US Institute of Peace
On Aug 30, 2004, at 2:27 PM, Henry Linneweh wrote:
>
> So I would like some professional expert opinion to
> give her on this issue since it will effect the
> copyright inducement bill. Real benefits for
> production and professional usage of this technology.
>
> -Henry
