Rather Than Throttling, ISP Boosts BitTorrent Downloads

Iria · Apr 19, 2009, 04:55 AM

Comcast decided P2P throttling was the cure to its congestion ills. The FCC didn't agree, and Comcast eventually moved to throttling based on usage of any type, as opposed to P2P. But at least one ISP believes the way to reduce BitTorrent congestion is to speed up transfers, not slow it down.
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Source: Tech-Ex

BlueMak · Apr 19, 2009, 06:21 AM

Doesn't 180% mean it is going at more or less the same as the other ISPs? :-p

I agree, this won't last long.

ET3D · Apr 19, 2009, 01:04 PM

You've got to hand it to them, that's a really good solution to the problem.

Judas · Apr 19, 2009, 05:37 PM

see that's a smart solution...

Al_Vampyre · Apr 19, 2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

Doesn't 180% mean it is going at more or less the same as the other ISPs? :-p

I assume they meant 180 degrees rather than 180%!

It's an interesting option, I'm assuming that means that all their BT traffic is over their own network rather than using the backbone that they pay large amounts of money for...

Judas · Apr 20, 2009, 12:44 AM

they download the torrent..... host it on thier network.. and then super seed the sucker for the people that are using them as a isp

Apr 19, 2009, 04:55 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Rather Than Throttling, ISP Boosts BitTorrent Downloads Comcast decided P2P throttling was the cure to its congestion ills. The FCC didn't agree, and Comcast eventually moved to throttling based on usage of any type, as opposed to P2P. But at least one ISP believes the way to reduce BitTorrent congestion is to speed up transfers, not slow it down. _____________ Source: Tech-Ex

Apr 19, 2009, 06:21 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 328 System Specs	Re: Rather Than Throttling, ISP Boosts BitTorrent Downloads Doesn't 180% mean it is going at more or less the same as the other ISPs? :-p I agree, this won't last long. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Apr 19, 2009, 01:04 PM	#3
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,055 Rep Power: 103 System Specs	Re: Rather Than Throttling, ISP Boosts BitTorrent Downloads You've got to hand it to them, that's a really good solution to the problem.