About p2p traffic restrictions
After the announcement of the launch of the fourth federal mobile operator Yota, our readers have many questions about the restriction of different types of traffic on the network. To clarify and eliminate misunderstanding, we want to highlight this point in detail.
Yota offers users two types of mobile Internet services:
• for smartphones and tablets,
• for laptops and computers.
They differ in the fact that in the first case, the speed limit is implemented when transmitting p2p and VPN traffic to 32 kbps, and in the second case there is no such limitation. This is reflected in the cost of both services - mobile Internet for smartphones and tablets is significantly cheaper.
Why is p2p traffic restricted? There are several reasons for this.
The peculiarity of p2p-protocols - the uncontrolled "capture" of all free channel resources with the establishment of a huge number of connections to different IP - leads to situations where a very small number of users occupy most of the network resources. In particular, only a few users that generate p2p traffic can fully occupy all available resources of the nearest base station, thereby significantly reducing the speed of the mobile Internet for other subscribers connected to the same station. This is especially true for 2G / 3G networks, the capacity and efficiency of which is lower than 4G networks and in which, in addition to data, voice streams are also transmitted.
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There is no clear classification of P2p protocols - they are used in many areas, but they are most widely used in file-sharing networks , mainly for downloading media content. However, most users of smartphones and tablets prefer other scenarios for using the mobile Internet on their devices. This is evidenced by data on the preferred scenarios for the use of mobile devices in Russia from the research agency NewMR:
As follows from the presented tables, only about 11% of smartphone owners and 19% of tablet owners use these devices for tasks related to the generation of p2p traffic. The increase in the share of such subscribers is due to the expansion of 4G coverage areas and the reduction of tariffs for mobile Internet.
Most of the users of mobile gadgets prefer using them to receive multimedia content via online services: surf, read e-books, play and chat on social networks. We will tell more about this in subsequent publications.
So, p2p traffic is not a priority for the vast majority of users of smartphones and tablets. Therefore, in order to provide high quality mobile Internet taking into account the most demanded scenarios of its use by our subscribers, Yota limits the maximum data transfer rate of p2p-data to 32 kbps when using VPN. This is a necessary measure, to which the vast majority of mobile operators have to resort .
One of the main principles that guides Yota as a mobile operator is the provision of high-quality Internet access services from mobile devices - smartphones and tablets. This means ensuring the smooth operation of online services that require high response speed: first of all, download sites and streaming video. Most often, users of such networks download video files. Due to technical progress, the average size of the file containing the feature film is constantly increasing.
Yota is confident that due to the constant increase in the performance of mobile devices and the bandwidth of the channels, the future is precisely the streaming video, which will gradually displace the downloading of video content through peer-to-peer networks. This trend is evidenced by a study by Cisco , which regularly publishes statistics and forecasts for global traffic.
Change in the share of streaming video in the total volume of global mobile traffic:
For this reason, providing mobile Internet services for owners of smartphones and tablets, Yota deliberately relies on ensuring the smooth operation of streaming video to the detriment of p2p traffic of file-sharing networks. If you need a full data transfer rate for p2p and VPN, we recommend to purchase one of the models of Yota mobile routers .
Thus, the reasons for restricting p2p-traffic for users of smartphones and tablets are inefficient use of resources of the p2p-protocols network, as well as the need to ensure high quality services for the majority of users of the mobile Internet from Yota.
For users of mobile and fixed routers Yota no restrictions on the type of traffic there. Restrictions relate exclusively to users of smartphones and tablets in the network of the mobile operator Yota.
Thus, we provide the most comfortable conditions for using the mobile Internet for different groups of subscribers and competitive cost of services.
Yota offers users two types of mobile Internet services:
• for smartphones and tablets,
• for laptops and computers.
They differ in the fact that in the first case, the speed limit is implemented when transmitting p2p and VPN traffic to 32 kbps, and in the second case there is no such limitation. This is reflected in the cost of both services - mobile Internet for smartphones and tablets is significantly cheaper.
Why is p2p traffic restricted? There are several reasons for this.
Technological reason
The peculiarity of p2p-protocols - the uncontrolled "capture" of all free channel resources with the establishment of a huge number of connections to different IP - leads to situations where a very small number of users occupy most of the network resources. In particular, only a few users that generate p2p traffic can fully occupy all available resources of the nearest base station, thereby significantly reducing the speed of the mobile Internet for other subscribers connected to the same station. This is especially true for 2G / 3G networks, the capacity and efficiency of which is lower than 4G networks and in which, in addition to data, voice streams are also transmitted.
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There is no clear classification of P2p protocols - they are used in many areas, but they are most widely used in file-sharing networks , mainly for downloading media content. However, most users of smartphones and tablets prefer other scenarios for using the mobile Internet on their devices. This is evidenced by data on the preferred scenarios for the use of mobile devices in Russia from the research agency NewMR:
As follows from the presented tables, only about 11% of smartphone owners and 19% of tablet owners use these devices for tasks related to the generation of p2p traffic. The increase in the share of such subscribers is due to the expansion of 4G coverage areas and the reduction of tariffs for mobile Internet.
Most of the users of mobile gadgets prefer using them to receive multimedia content via online services: surf, read e-books, play and chat on social networks. We will tell more about this in subsequent publications.
So, p2p traffic is not a priority for the vast majority of users of smartphones and tablets. Therefore, in order to provide high quality mobile Internet taking into account the most demanded scenarios of its use by our subscribers, Yota limits the maximum data transfer rate of p2p-data to 32 kbps when using VPN. This is a necessary measure, to which the vast majority of mobile operators have to resort .
Ideological reason
One of the main principles that guides Yota as a mobile operator is the provision of high-quality Internet access services from mobile devices - smartphones and tablets. This means ensuring the smooth operation of online services that require high response speed: first of all, download sites and streaming video. Most often, users of such networks download video files. Due to technical progress, the average size of the file containing the feature film is constantly increasing.
Yota is confident that due to the constant increase in the performance of mobile devices and the bandwidth of the channels, the future is precisely the streaming video, which will gradually displace the downloading of video content through peer-to-peer networks. This trend is evidenced by a study by Cisco , which regularly publishes statistics and forecasts for global traffic.
Change in the share of streaming video in the total volume of global mobile traffic:
For this reason, providing mobile Internet services for owners of smartphones and tablets, Yota deliberately relies on ensuring the smooth operation of streaming video to the detriment of p2p traffic of file-sharing networks. If you need a full data transfer rate for p2p and VPN, we recommend to purchase one of the models of Yota mobile routers .
Thus, the reasons for restricting p2p-traffic for users of smartphones and tablets are inefficient use of resources of the p2p-protocols network, as well as the need to ensure high quality services for the majority of users of the mobile Internet from Yota.
For users of mobile and fixed routers Yota no restrictions on the type of traffic there. Restrictions relate exclusively to users of smartphones and tablets in the network of the mobile operator Yota.
Thus, we provide the most comfortable conditions for using the mobile Internet for different groups of subscribers and competitive cost of services.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/223305/
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