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Telefonica Wholesale Tests Broadband Network in Peru, Confirms Positive Impact of P4P Technology

Telefonica International Wholesale Services, a subsidiary of Telefonica Group, recently conducted a field test of the company’s broadband network in Peru, evaluating its peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol technology, P4P. Results from the test showed that the P4P protocols had a positive impact on network efficiency, achieved by shifting traffic from external to internal links and byrouting the internal traffic shorter distances across the network. (TMC net - click here to read complete article by Calvin Azuri)


APEC trade ministers meet against backdrop of uncertainty

At the 2007 summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum, the leaders asked ministers and officials to report back in 2008 with a summary of steps taken to promote regional economic integration. When they meet in Arequipa, trade ministers, as bidden, can be expected to look again at progress towards the body's overall goal -- free and open trade among the developed nations of the 21 country Pacific Rim forum by 2010 and by 2020 for its developing countries. (Newsahead - click here to read complete article)


April 28, 1947: Kon-Tiki Sets Sail From Peru to Polynesia

1947: Thor Heyerdahl and five crewmen leave Callao, Peru, on a balsa-wood raft. They're hoping to prove that ancient South Americans could have sailed to Polynesia. Heyerdahl was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnologist who crossed the boundaries of academic disciplines and ruffled plenty of feathers in the process. He theorized that South Americans had visited and traded with Polynesia, not that they were the primary population source. Scholars derided him and maintained that South American balsa-wood craft would get waterlogged and sink before they could cross the Pacific. (Wired - click here to read complete article by Randy Alfred)