Yale computer scientists devise a 'P4P' system for efficient Internet usage

[Computer Hope Admin]

A Yale research team has engineered a system with the potential for making the Internet work more efficiently, in which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software providers can work cooperatively to deliver data.

“While ISPs like AT&T, Comcast, Telephonica and Verizon and the P2P software companies like Pando each maintains its independence, the value of the P4P architecture is significant, as demonstrated in recent field tests,” said Silberschatz. For example, in a field test conducted using the Pando software in March 2008, P4P reduced inter-ISP traffic by an average of 34 percent, and increased delivery speeds to end users by up to 235 percent across US networks and up to 898 percent across international networks.

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[patio]

This makes an awful lot of sense to do...

[Computer Hope Admin]

Agreed and maybe with less of a strain on the Internet it would prevent so many ISPs from limiting bandwidth.