Thursday, August 18, 2011

Large ISPs Profit From BitTorrent, Smaller ISPs Don't

A new study by Northwestern University and Telefónica Research suggests some Internet access providers might make money from supplying BitTorrent, while others lose money. The report suggests that larger ISPs able to participate in peering can make money, while ISPs paying transit fees lose money. Read the study here

If you are in the ISP business as a smaller provider that typically pays transit fees, you probably already knew that.

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