Making BitTorrent Clients Prioritize By Geography?

Daengbo writes "While I live in S.Korea and have virtually unlimited bandwidth in and out of the country, not all my Asian friends are so lucky. Many of the SE Asian and African countries have small international pipes. Even when a user has a high-speed local connection, downloads from abroad will trickle in. Bittorrent clients apparently don't prioritize other users on the same ISP or at least in the same country. Why is that? Is it difficult to manage? If I were to write a plug-in for, say, Deluge, what hurdles would I be likely to come across? If this functionality is available in other clients or through plug-ins, please chime in."

Comments

They should prioritize by altitude

[Anonymous Coward]

That way they can take advantage of the tendency of IP packets to flow downhill.

Re:Why don't the ISPs help?

[larry bagina]

Better yet, ISPs should just snail mail their customers linux cds/dvds. That would basically eliminate all torrent traffic.

Re:Azereus already has a plugin for this

[markov_chain]

You can tell me, I work in the same place.

Re:You Asians Have Big Pipelines

[OpenYourEyes]

But we American get email all the time offering to make our pipeline bigger!

Re:uTorrent

[easyTree]

But is there really a better torrent client?

Negative.

Re:Azereus already has a plugin for this

[electrosoccertux]

Where do you two work, I want to come join you so I can browse /. instead of doing my job. :p

Re:Why don't the ISPs help?

[MooseMuffin]

And then they could work on snail mailing truckloads of porn. That would basically eliminate all other traffic.

Re:Azereus already has a plugin for this

[revlayle]

you mean like you are doing RIGHT NOW??

Re:uTorrent

[Lundse]

You must be root to do that!

Re:They're MY bits, not YOURS

[PJ The Womble]

I went to University of Teesside for 3 years. Have you ever been to Middlesbrough? It's grey, cold and wet in July, and the rest of the year the weather is *really* depressing. They're not the most optimistic people in the world. Even free money wouldn't improve their stoical disposition, IMHO.

Re:They're MY bits, not YOURS

[fred fleenblat]

I just want to see the see-through pneumatic tubes make a comeback.
Or at least the ATM should make that THUMK sound when the cash is dispensed.