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Bittorrent To Cause Internet Meltdown

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the packet-schmacket dept.

Gimble writes "Richard Bennett has an article at the Register claiming that a recent uTorrent decision to use UDP for file transfers to avoid ISP 'traffic management' restrictions will cause a meltdown of the internet reducing everybody's bandwidth to a quarter of their current value. Other folks have also expressed concern that this may not be the best thing for the internet."

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  1. 98% by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Plz seed

    1. Re:98% by Kjuib · · Score: 4, Funny

      If it melts... it should flow better and faster right? A liquid net would better than a solid one.

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    2. Re:98% by ardor · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah, it would melt the internet tubes.

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    3. Re: 98% by mcpkaaos · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bald kid: Do not try and manage UDP connections. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
      Ted: What truth?
      Bald kid: There is no connection.

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  2. Re:Ummm by Adriax · · Score: 5, Funny

    Call in Mr Stevens, he's unemployed and looking for work.

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  3. Re:fairness by HardCase · · Score: 4, Funny

    And all this time I thought that spam was going to cause the Internet to melt down. Maybe we need new terminology. Instead of "melt down", it should be "Global Internet Change".

  4. More on this story... by JCSoRocks · · Score: 4, Funny

    BitTorrent is believed to be harboring weapons of mass destruction. These weapons are believed to be capable of destroying all of the internet tubes. The government has no choice but to authorize the ISPs to use lethal force to prevent these terrorists from succeeding.

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  5. Re:don't see it myself by melikamp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your post might have been dropped, probably due to the excessive amount of posting from your end.

  6. Re:fairness by ShatteredArm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly whoever invented TCP did not properly understand game theory.