BitTorrent battles over bandwidth

[joeunderdog]

This is where BitTorrent comes in. It is an incredibly efficient way of distributing large files, like video, across the net, even when there is a high demand, and even when only one person has the complete file.

The key is that a user's computer does not need to wait until it has downloaded the entire file.

As soon as it has downloaded a chunk, it starts uploading it to any other users who do not yet have that chunk.

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As network providers look for smarter ways to identify torrent traffic, and reduce its impact on their network, more and more help sites are springing up showing users how to encrypt their data to avoid it being tracked and controlled.


Find the rest of the cyber-cat-and-mouse story here...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/4905660.stm

[beam me up scottie]

1. BitTorrent rocks.

They have every reason to fear it.

[Blue_Tires]

4. +1

[beam me up scottie]

6. !

[Occulus]

9. .

They have every reason to fear it.

Limed for truth.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. I use bittorrent to download live music from taper-friendly bands

like the Dead-- and it's great.

etree is an excellent resource:

http://bt.etree.org/

Also, Firefox now has a bittorrent search plugin you can add to your search window. Too cool.

[eggplant]

3. I use Azureus as my client.

and I highly recommend http://thepiratebay.org/ as a place to find things to share.

[beam me up scottie]

5. That's a great link!

Thanks!

I use Azureus too, btw.

[darkism]

10. Might I suggest µTorrent?

All of the functionality of Azureus, not nearly as much of the resource usage.

www.utorrent.com

[walldude]

7. ISP's can't do squat about Torrent unless illegal files are

being transferred. Hence the help sites for encrypting. I think Bit Torrent is a brilliant piece of software, and I used to use it when it first popped up. There were too many issues though, lots of incompletes, slow speeds and too easy to track your IP. Yes I know there are ways around that but why should I bother. For 15 bucks a month I can get a private newsgroup service that has everything you can get with Bit Torrent and a whole lot more. I never get any incompletes, the service guarantees my privacy and the speeds are nothing short of astounding. We're talking 6 megs per second with a cable connection. I've been downloading stuff since before the internet, back in the BBS days. Most people I know who have been into it for a long time have gone to newsgroups, they consider things like Bit Torrent, and P2P's like Limewire and EDonkey to be the domain of amateurs.

[ConsAreLiars]

8. BitTorent clients make content like that at ChomskyTorrents

available. http://www.chomskytorrents.org/index.php

It is an important tool for any who want access to stuff the Corporate Media don't want seen.