In a recent report by P-Cube (a traffic analysis and management platform developer) 50-70 % of traffic across ISP networks is peer to peer traffic.
ISP’s are struggling to either find a way to profit from this traffic or eliminate it.
Proposed solutions are to cap upstream bandwidth and/or bill for P2P traffic where it can be detected.
i.e.. basic ADSL access with upstream cap and uncapped premium services specialized for gamers, file sharing etc.
Just when you though ISP’s where starting to get the point, they find another way to put the screws to their clients. I can see a day where asking a potential ISP for upstream price rates will be an unfortunate reality.
