Can P2P applications learn to play fair on networks?

From: "Geo." <geoincidents@nls.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Subject: Re: Can P2P applications learn to play fair on networks?
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:18:01 -0400

> The problem is that ISPs work under the assumption that users only
> use a certain percentage of their available bandwidth, while (some) users
> work under the assumption that they get to use all their available
> bandwidth 24/7 if they choose to do so.

My home dsl is 6mb/384k, so what exactly is the true cost of a dedicated
384K of bandwidth? I mean what you say would be true if we were talking

Dunno, but I've got a 3m/384k line for about DSL business class for $105/month.
Don't think I can do better pricewise, but...