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Recent traffic measuring research indicates that peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing
eats up bandwidth and costs Internet service providers and subscribers big-time.
In "How to blow your bandwidth," published September 6 on gobleandmail.com,
Jack Kapica describes how even modest use of P2P--such as searching for and
downloading a few songs from Kazaa or Morpheus--can push subscribers over their
commercial ISP's monthly download limit in no time.
For more details on P2P's bandwidth consumption, see http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/tech/RTGAM/20020906/gtcybsept6/Technology/techBN/
To read the full white paper on P2P traffic, see "The Effects of P2P on
Service Provder Networks" at http://www.sandvine.com/register.asp?TID=1&ID=1
This report is also available at Forbes.com (http://itresearch.forbes.com/)