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ISP Hell. Torrentzillaliser beckons.

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  • 12-04-2007 6:38pm
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    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6544919.stm
    "A big limitation of BitTorrent is that it only lets clients share data if they're downloading the exact same file," said Professor Andersen. "This means that the available client pool for any particular file is smaller than it needs to be."
    SET works faster because the trio realised that many files being shared on the net contain identical pieces of data even though they appear to be different.

    I can already see what uTorrent release 2.0 will offer us :D


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    thefinalstage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭thefinalstage


    Oh fudge yeah! Full speeds at last :D.


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Actually it won;t make a difference to ISPs. But if any truth to it, then it will speed up users. The point is that at the minute some of the ISP & users bandwidth is wasted on duplication that masquerades as different items


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    Nick_oliveri
    Registered Users Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Nick_oliveri


    http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=22269

    Ok to link this? Plz dont ban me :)


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Interesting link. Makes this research start to smell slightly of snake oil.

    I think I'm getting increasingly cynical about anything BBC tech news reports as a "breakthrough"


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