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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. Re:Well Duh by BrianRoach · · Score: 1, Redundant

    you just want to bully other people out of their bandwidth so you get more.

    Um, what?

    How can I "bully" anyone? My modem is capped at the speeds Comcast sold me, no more, no less. In addition, I have a monthly transfer limit.

    If Comcrap can't provide what they are selling ... they shouldn't be selling it. Oh, but wait! That's not their fault, it's those users! They're actually trying to use what was sold to them.

    I'm not a big bit torrent guy, except for WoW and other legitimate torrents. But the thought that people are being told that they can't use bit torrent for any technical reason is silly - it's the ISPs over-selling and under-delivering, plain and simple.