symmetric vs. asymmetric [was: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality]

[jra at baylink.com (Jay Ashworth)]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk at iname.com>

> Those are measured at the campus boundary. I don't have visibility inside
> the school's network to know who much intra-campus traffic there may be .
> but we know that peer-to-peer is a small percentage of overall Internet
> traffic flows, and streaming video remains the largets.

BitTorrent makes special efforts to keep as much traffic local as possible,
I understand; that probably isn't too helpful... except at scales like that
on a resnet at a sizable campus.

Cheers,
-- jra
-- 
Jay R. Ashworth                  Baylink                       jra at baylink.com
Designer                     The Things I Think                       RFC 2100
Ashworth & Associates       http://www.bcp38.info          2000 Land Rover DII
St Petersburg FL USA      BCP38: Ask For It By Name!           +1 727 647 1274