EVERYONE should have the ability to enjoy the internet. BitTorrent allows a couple dozen users to dominate bandwidth from a single node that serves hundreds of users. To combat these bandwidth hogs and allow others to enjoy the internet on the shared node the provider needs to shape traffic. As there are legit reasons to use BitTorrent and other P2P network applications I would like to see these applications throttled down rather than blocked. There must be a better way to control these road hogs.
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EVERYONE should have the ability to enjoy the internet. BitTorrent allows a couple dozen users to dominate bandwidth from a single node that serves hundreds of users. To combat these bandwidth hogs and allow others to enjoy the internet on the shared node the provider needs to shape traffic. As there are legit reasons to use BitTorrent and other P2P network applications I would like to see these applications throttled down rather than blocked. There must be a better way to control these road hogs.