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uTorrent to Feature Built-in Throttling
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Mon 02 Nov 2009
Good news for all with the new uTP protocol for uTorrent that will feature built-in bandwidth throttling if network congestion is detected. What it throttles however, is the upload speed, and not the download speed, which should mean good savings for ISPs, while consumers still have good download speeds. How this will work out in the long run will remain to be seen - especially if everyone is throttling uploads, but uTorrent has said that this will actually result in faster speeds as congestion is avoided.
torrentfreak.com - This is where uTP comes in. uTP is a new and improved implementation of the BitTorrent protocol which is designed to be network friendly. The current implementation often causes interference with other applications, which is the main reason why ISPs try to slow it down, or even stop it altogether. uTP aims to solve this problem.
With uTP, uTorrent (and the Mainline client) will become network aware by throttling itself if congestion in the network is detected. This will have a huge impact on ISP networks according to Simon Morris, BitTorrent’s VP of Product Management. “If uTP is successful it should result in a multi-billion dollar windfall in terms of savings for ISPs,” Morris told TorrentFreak.
More info here.
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