OpenSource P2P Net Discussion Thread

Another example of greed (from slashdot)

Bandwidth Shortage And The Telephone Company

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 21, @08:00PM
from the companies-like-to-make-money dept.
FasterThanLight writes: "This article from USA Today regarding (non)usage of existing fiber and its
impact on bandwidth in the semi-near future ... more doom and gloom. Why? Greed, of and by the
(surprise, surprise) large telcos." Remember, this story is about a predicted shortage, not a current
shortage.
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You let them slip in and then you get screwed every time. Government does the same thing. They found out they have a golden goose via bandwidth and will suck it for everything they can get. If new technology comes out that increases your bandwidth they will suppress it and dole it out in small steps all the while you pay big $$ for little bandwidth. How can you stop this? Greed sucks!

Morgwen, I thought you of all people would be the first to jump on this and run a node, so I don't understand.
So let's talk about your ideas on how to stop the greed and commercialism on Gnutella.
People have been whining and complaining about adware, spyware, spy packets and greed for more than a year now and nothing has been done. Those companies are pushing farther and farther the things that people will stand for.
This is what they do, they creep in a little at a time. Nip it in the bud!
Talk is cheap, at least this is actually doing something about it right now today and it's real.
Just the threat of this will make commercial interests think twice before screwing people over.
I don't see how you can stop them without blocking them. They won't leave and create their own network because they will lose $$ that way, and lose their back up plan (the free client "outsiders" surrounding their private networks).
If most free clients let the user block by choice, and places like this forum post lists of commercial clients, that may keep things in check, but is it enough?
And what is so wrong with free open source clients sharing files with other free open source clients on the "other" network? If full blocking is added, free clients will be able to share both ways as far as I can tell.
Think about this and come up with a reasonable real world solution we can implement today, right now. I will gladly do the coding of any program changes for your idea.