Ask HN: Running P2P home nodes against carrier policy?

[flybird]

I am thinking to develop a P2P CDN service network based on home network. My understanding is that the upstream and downstream speeds are equal. I am not sure if this is against the network service providers' policies. Anybody knows? or where can I find help?

[themerone]

Downstream rates are usually an order of magnitude faster than upstream.

I've heard of some municipal fiber networks the offer symmetric service, but that is not the norm, at least in the US.

You would have to check the terms of service of every ISP that might be part of the network.

[simfree]

Upstream speeds are increasing, Comcast is building out mid-split doing 100Mbps and 200Mbps up, and the other cable companies are doing network rebuilds for mid-split or high-split.

Fiber penetration is increasing every year, usually with symmetric speeds. Verizon FiOS is already fairly built out, CenturyLink/Lumen/Quantum is doing plenty of Infill, Ziply Fiber is part way through its 5 year plan to go from 28℅ fiber coverage to 85%, Frontier is actively building out fiber, etc

Wireless is only getting better too. Single Primary Cell Carrier Snapdragon x62 modems deliver up to 150Mbps uploads today, and newer Snapdragon modems can upload on multiple Cell Carriers at once (the secondary cellular frequencies they are connected to).

Ratios for upload fo download for asymmetric connections are trending towards below 10 to 1, rather than 20 or 30 to 1. The days of 1200Mbps downloads with pathetic 35Mbps upload are numbered.

[wmf]

Some ISPs have "no servers" policies but I've never heard of them being enforced. Skype was pretty successful with their supernodes back in the day (although they were mostly in dorms not homes).

[flybird]

YC company peer5 developed P2P CDN for many years but only ends up being acquired by MS. Is there a chance to leverage p2p replacing cloudflare or fastly?

[wmf]

In my opinion P2P isn't worth it. Bandwidth is extremely cheap and the complexity of P2P outweighs any money saved on infrastructure.