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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 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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      It goes from God, to Jerry, to me.
  2. Re:Ummm by Adriax · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!
  3. Re:fairness by ShatteredArm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly whoever invented TCP did not properly understand game theory.