Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu
by megaman821 on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @04:27PM
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Why do ISPs even bother try to shut down BitTorrent? It is not the protocol that makes people share files. If file-sharers had to they would be sharing files over SMTP. Instead the media companies and ISPs should be using BitTorrent as a way to reduce their distribution costs.
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Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu
by nkassis on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @05:02PM
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Because it's very bandwidth efficient. It will try to maximize the bandwidth it has available to download and upload which ISP do not want. Sustained 100% usage of your bandwidth is not what they optimize for.
At least that's what I think is their reasoning.
Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu
by ticks on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @07:32PM
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BitTorrent moves the bandwidth load towards the street-level networking gear, which is expensive to upgrade because there's lots of it. The copyright lobbies just give them a convenient excuse for getting rid of the problem.
Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu
by rmc on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @05:38PM
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Because lots of people only can BitTorrent. If you stop BT, then lots of your customers who are using bandwidth will give up and get their pirated files elsewhere. A dedicated advanced minority will not.
The purpose of blocking isn't to block all pirating (which it fails at), but to significantly reduce bandwidth (which it does).