Windows 10: Future updates can be delivered via P2P

Winuser said:

They could go to 8.5 GB with a double layer dvd.

They can go whatever size they like especially on Blu Ray, but like I said Windows users are slow movers and have old machines so they'd be upsetting a lot of people.

BillyBob said:

They can go whatever size they like especially on Blu Ray, but like I said Windows users are slow movers and have old machines so they'd be upsetting a lot of people.

They're not going to go Blu-Ray. I don't know the the numbers but I'm sure only a small percentage of computers even have a Blu-Ray drive.

groze said:

Here is some more information

Windows 10 release date, specs and pricing announced | IT PRO



I glad I am not the only one that thought using P2P could be a security issue.

However, I did read another article that will allow you to choose windows updates over P2P. Most likely because some isp block or throttle P2P connections.

Hi there

P2P is no more security problematical than anything else on the internet -- in fact you could argue that it was actually SAFER than classical distribution methods since in a decent P2P stream nobody from outside has the complete file(s) or even has any idea where the data is being delivered from -- at least not without a lot of work.

The people who should be given a hard time are those dog in the mud ISP's who still think in 2015 that they can't provide UNLIMITED internet usage (often with totally unreal and TINY data amounts per month). Limited contracts should be BANNED IMO.

Cheers
jimbo

BillyBob said:

They can go whatever size they like especially on Blu Ray, but like I said Windows users are slow movers and have old machines so they'd be upsetting a lot of people.

Just more mythical B.S. about users. . .please. . .

BillyBob said:

They can go whatever size they like especially on Blu Ray, but like I said Windows users are slow movers and have old machines so they'd be upsetting a lot of people.

Or it could just be on 2 DVD's :P.

Lee said:

Just more mythical B.S. about users. . .please. . .

Well, my PC does not have any optical drive at all, DVD or Blu-Ray

I don't think P2P is always identical with Bittorrent. Some ISPs may be blocking the Bittorrent protocol, but they can't block all P2P in the world. After all, Skype is P2P as well. I've never heard of any ISP blocking Skype. It even works on my phone over 3G or LTE.

Hi there

I've never heard of an ISP blocking "Bittorrent" -- Maybe you learn something new every day. I thought Courts were only empowered to block people from accessing SITES not to stop people running APPLICATIONS on their computers.

What's nest -- Banning VLC because it can be used to watch Pirated movies.

What some ISP's do is possibly throttle back people whom they think are making an "Unreaonable" Load on the servers -- but what is "Unreasonable" when some people's monthly cap is equivalent to about 5 Mins download of a new 4K super HD movie !!!!.

Fortunately OUTSIDE the US competition amongst ISP's is good and a lot of FREE or vey small payment UNLIMITED USAGE contracts are on offer.

Most of these have reasonable download speeds of around 8 - 20 mb/s . The slight catch is you still have to pay for Stupid "Line Rental" - but that's around 25 USD a month -- however who even BOTHERS with fixed lines these days away from a workplace.

Cheers
jimbo