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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by godzillabrennus on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:10PM (#38104289)
My assumption is torrents are a threat to streaming services already and potentially a death blow if uplink speeds are too fast.
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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by RajT88 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:24PM (#38104563)
When I worked at a small ISP, this was indeed a threat. We offered symmetric speeds though and dealt with it via traffic shaping.

It really was just the odd teenager torrenting here and there.

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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by hhh on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:25PM (#38104584)
why would uplink speeds being fast contribute to torrents outside of the first few seeders?... you would just have more peers contributing smaller amounts
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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by callalex on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:01PM (#38105167)
Also new media (streamers and tubers) rely on uploads and are eating cable’s lunch. It’s just extortion through monopoly.
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