Comments on: 60% Traffic from P2P and Torrents

By: John

John — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:58:43 +0000

If they are planning on capping something. Then let me propose this:

Sell a plan that offers the same fast SPEED across the board, 5 mbps should be enough for everyone IMO.
Then the subscribers can opt to buy how MUCH data they want to download.

For instance, I can buy a 100GB plan for P 1000/month and my friend can buy a 500GB plan for P 5000/month, both of us getting the same 5mbps speed.

This way heavy users will pay an amount that is directly proportional to the data they are going to use. Although this does not apply to mobile broadband due to the physical limitations of the medium but fixed line broadband has no such limitations.

The problem of bandwidth capping is not going away and I believe that this is the best way to address the situation.

By: Pinoy Newbie

Pinoy Newbie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:57:11 +0000

Majorly, wala akong problema sa ISP ko (PLDT), ang nakaka-inis lang ay certain periods of time, na di-dc ako (Kailangan ko na-i restart ang modem again) rarely.. sa isang araw mawawalan ng internet connection… contended na sana ako sa dial-up speed.. (afterall ang gamit ko lang man sa internet ko ay, upload kb/MB (hindi lalapas ng 5MB) size of pics download less than 10mb size of files (Warcraft Maps), forums and games lang man ang ginagawa ko eh.. mostly.. i do things legit.

kung hindi hina-hang-up ng dial up ang computer ko.. siguro.. dial-up pa rin kami

By: Globe Telecom clarifies P2P Issues | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Mon, 18 May 2009 11:24:47 +0000

[...] Note: It is estimated that 60% of the total bandwidth usage in the Philippines are used by P2P networks. [...]

By: Henry Winsworth

Henry Winsworth — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:07:07 +0000

This is a 2009 post.

The first ISP to act is Globe telecoms. They limited p2p bandwidth.They limited torrent downloads allowing only 20% of the plan’s speed.

They are also capping the bandwidth.

By: Mochan

Mochan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:22:54 +0000

Frankly, the reason people in the Philippines get Broadband in the first place is to download stuff — i.e. P2P. If people didn’t need to download, most people would be happy with dialup speeds.

Some will get it for YouTube, some for their internet cafe but the majority of people who get broadband I am sure get it for downloading.

If ISPs tried to curb this “problem” they’d be losing a lot of subscribers.

By: Parkerus

Parkerus — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:03:14 +0000

Nice observation Tristan. All these downloads that people would like to keep would require more than the 750MB that Seagate offers. How about a 1TB HDD. I think it’s about time.

And yeah, aXXo rules!!

By: GM Tristan

GM Tristan — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:46:45 +0000

This will be good for the hard drive vendors, though. Maxtor, Seagate and the others can cash in on this.

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By: markku

markku — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:27:39 +0000

A 60% or higher figure is quite expected since the nature of P2P traffic is much bigger than HTTP traffic. Viewing a handful of web pages is still much smaller compared to a single MP3, size-wise.

And I don’t think bandwidth capping will be implemented locally, except for extreme cases. Torrents will likely be filtered and given low priority, though encrypted torrents render these measures useless.

File-sharing will always be here to stay and the telco industry have no choice but to grow in the same path.

By: JohnLloy

JohnLloy — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:08:37 +0000

am not surprise providers used this (download / watch etc.) to market their services

By: blitzio

blitzio — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:02:27 +0000

Speed and download caps? Local ISPs can’t even provide consistent speeds/uptimes and proper customer support, doing so would only completely alienate future subscribers and really piss off those of us already with them.

I think I speak for everyone when I say, keep our net access free from any sort of capping please.

By: TimeOUt

TimeOUt — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:01:15 +0000

I’ve read of a plugin or feature for azureus that would determine “near” hosts for much efficient p2p traffic. I’m using utorrent so i can’t confirm this feature. But if this would be truly functioning, then we connect more locally with other hosts within our ISP thus reducing their international traffic.

By: Joseph Gonzales

Joseph Gonzales — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:33:59 +0000

I think the worldwide trend is higher than 60%. I also noticed an increase in Pinoy torrent trackers in the recent months. Try searching for “Tagalog” or “Pinoy” at your favorite torrent sites. The figures will definitely go higher.

By: Aja Lapus

Aja Lapus — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:43:44 +0000

Why would they cap our bandwidth when they should be giving what service they promised us?

By: BrianB

BrianB — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:58:42 +0000

Abe, look into office connections. A lot of outsourcing workers are using their office Internet to download torrents. Home connections are too slow for bittorent anyway. One movie will take you several days.

By: yuga

yuga — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:11:57 +0000

Migs, yeah, I clarified that info along those lines — if it were for just one provider or for all and the reply was not sure though it was allegedly for the entire market. In which case, would one ISP have a significantly different usage fraction from another?

By: makoy13

makoy13 — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:51:15 +0000

>>”That includes 210,000 Smart Bro subscribers”

mawawalan na ng subscribers ang smartbro-ken dahil rin sa BULOK na connection nila and also naglalabasan na maraming wireless ngayun like globe.

yung mga nagbabalak magpakabit dyan. wag kayong magpapaniwala sa TV Advertisement ng smartBro-ken na “faster than dial-up” daw mali yung ads nila baka baliktad “YOU SURF LIKE A DIAL-UP” like me magsisi kayo ng 1yr bakit kayo nagpakabit ng smartbro-ken.

ako karin kapag nakabit na yung myDSL ko ibabalibag ko yung antenna smartbro-ken ko sa smart wireless center.

By: JC John SESE Cuneta

JC John SESE Cuneta — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:47:38 +0000

Hehe lawlz… yep that’s true. 60% is actually low still, if the RIAA wants to sue people, the Philippines is on the #3 HitList

By: astigg.com

astigg.com — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:44:51 +0000

60% Traffic from P2P and Torrents – YugaTech…

Yuga says, “Yup. That’s right, sixty percent (60%). I was informed by a reliable source that almost 60% of the internet bandwidth consumed in the Philippines are coming from peer-to-peer and torrents.”…

By: Miguel

Miguel — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:18:25 +0000

I doubt the source though – one person/group will know the traffic of another. For example, PLDT will never know about Globe’s stats, and vice versa. Perhaps he speaks about one particular company. Or only one particular service within that company.

By: Eugene

Eugene — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:42:27 +0000

Only 60%? I was surprised it’s that low. I was thinking maybe 75-80%.

By: Ordnacin

Ordnacin — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:20:33 +0000

I’m not really surprised with the numbers especially here in the Philippines. I always have Azureus running in the background…

Personally I think bandwidth capping stinks, why penalize us for maximizing what we pay for ? If it was the other way around, people not using enough of their bandwidth you think these telco’s would tell us “hey we’re making too much money off you guys, let us refund you…” – not a chance…

By: minor

minor — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:59:26 +0000

aXXo rule!!!!

By: Blogrush fanatic

Blogrush fanatic — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:47:59 +0000

yeah =) Its not really an issue. Maybe I could launch a digg-like site like opting p2p users in the philippines. Partners? no one? oh well. -)

noypi

By: Nick Nichols

Nick Nichols — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:18:38 +0000

This may very well be the future of the internet. Why cap usage and fight the trend?

Is there a capacity problem? If so, we should identify it as a capacity problem, not a dysfunctional user pattern. If the telcos are providing what the market wants, there’s tremendous growth opportunity. Growth = More users = more revenue.

I don’t understand the problem here. (Ok, I’m playing dumb, but trying to draw out the unstated issue)

By: Blogrush fanatic

Blogrush fanatic — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:13:07 +0000

Great post – the problem of Torrent traffic can be a huge nightmare for participants up and down the chain.

Rough numbers based on your 60% – If Torrent Traffic usage triples (and other traffic stays stable) then Torrent Traffic would be nearly 80% of the Internet and total Internet Traffic would more than double.

By: Hapon

Hapon — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:53:32 +0000

Talking about my own country (Japan), many of major ISPs here have started banning P2P apps, and some others now doing bandwidth capping or set the limit for total **uploads** in a week or so, which intends to limit heavy BitTorrent users for sure.

By: Kiven

Kiven — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:04:18 +0000

will bandwidth capping come into play like what is happening sa states? ahhh the days of “unlimited” internet access lol