BitTorrent has informed us that the company is now home to more than 100 million active users.
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kronos_cornelius
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I don't use bitorrent, but I think the technolgy has a lot of potential with doing legal business.
If they provide private sharing were you can just share the files with yourself or a small group of people, this technology could challenge the emerging cloud market.
Let me explain. Even though I like Google, I know I'll have to pay them 15 to $30 dollars a month to have access to... say a couple of terabytes on the cloud. With bit torrent in contrast, I can host cloud application on my desktop at home, and access them any where from the Internet... no monthly fee !(other than the Internet access) For that reason alone I think many savy users may be inclined to use bitTorrent as a cloud replacing tool. It would also be attractive to small business not waiting to let an outside company have possession of their data.
If they provide private sharing were you can just share the files with yourself or a small group of people, this technology could challenge the emerging cloud market.
Let me explain. Even though I like Google, I know I'll have to pay them 15 to $30 dollars a month to have access to... say a couple of terabytes on the cloud. With bit torrent in contrast, I can host cloud application on my desktop at home, and access them any where from the Internet... no monthly fee !(other than the Internet access) For that reason alone I think many savy users may be inclined to use bitTorrent as a cloud replacing tool. It would also be attractive to small business not waiting to let an outside company have possession of their data.
Bittorrent protocol is very smart. Hashed pieces, DHT, centralized peer list(trackers), automatic piece check, .torrent file and now uTP.
It's a advance in P2P(a P2P without spam and viruses) and too in download management(impossible to download a corrupted file).
It's a advance in P2P(a P2P without spam and viruses) and too in download management(impossible to download a corrupted file).
[citation][nom]ddragoonss[/nom]Bittorrent protocol is very smart. Hashed pieces, DHT, centralized peer list(trackers), automatic piece check, .torrent file and now uTP.It's a advance in P2P(a P2P without spam and viruses) and too in download management(impossible to download a corrupted file).[/citation]
well, diferent case for a bad client of bad HDD (e.g. firmware issue).
well, diferent case for a bad client of bad HDD (e.g. firmware issue).
Travis Beane
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BitTorrent is a wonderful tool. If I had the options, I'd even download my Steam games through it.
Jamendo.com is nice in that all its downloads are via torrents, not dedicated servers.
[citation][nom]kronos_cornelius[/nom]I don't use bitorrent, but I think the technolgy has a lot of potential with doing legal business. If they provide private sharing were you can just share the files with yourself or a small group of people, this technology could challenge the emerging cloud market.Let me explain. Even though I like Google, I know I'll have to pay them 15 to $30 dollars a month to have access to... say a couple of terabytes on the cloud. With bit torrent in contrast, I can host cloud application on my desktop at home, and access them any where from the Internet... no monthly fee !(other than the Internet access) For that reason alone I think many savy users may be inclined to use bitTorrent as a cloud replacing tool. It would also be attractive to small business not waiting to let an outside company have possession of their data.[/citation]
As long as the data is enrypted, I see no problem. I personally have no issue with a cloud drive (maybe make it appear as a virtual drive in Windows?), and the only thing stopping me is low speed on my uplink connection.
[citation][nom]Article[/nom]The protocol has consistently been named as one of the major consumers of Internet bandwidth with estimates ranging from about 30% to 60%. Several carriers are said to have established bandwidth throttling technology that especially targets BitTorrent and slows down file sharing processes.[/citation]
Lemme see... In the last 90 days, I've uploaded 474GB and downloaded 486GB. I can certainly believe the bandwidth claim.
Around 3 months ago I also reformatted my main drive, and my Steam folder is 457GB.
I also have Netflix, and I'm sure that uses quite a bit of bandwidth (between me and 2 other people).
My bandwidth cap is 100GB/month... I love my lazy ISP. ^_^
Jamendo.com is nice in that all its downloads are via torrents, not dedicated servers.
[citation][nom]kronos_cornelius[/nom]I don't use bitorrent, but I think the technolgy has a lot of potential with doing legal business. If they provide private sharing were you can just share the files with yourself or a small group of people, this technology could challenge the emerging cloud market.Let me explain. Even though I like Google, I know I'll have to pay them 15 to $30 dollars a month to have access to... say a couple of terabytes on the cloud. With bit torrent in contrast, I can host cloud application on my desktop at home, and access them any where from the Internet... no monthly fee !(other than the Internet access) For that reason alone I think many savy users may be inclined to use bitTorrent as a cloud replacing tool. It would also be attractive to small business not waiting to let an outside company have possession of their data.[/citation]
As long as the data is enrypted, I see no problem. I personally have no issue with a cloud drive (maybe make it appear as a virtual drive in Windows?), and the only thing stopping me is low speed on my uplink connection.
[citation][nom]Article[/nom]The protocol has consistently been named as one of the major consumers of Internet bandwidth with estimates ranging from about 30% to 60%. Several carriers are said to have established bandwidth throttling technology that especially targets BitTorrent and slows down file sharing processes.[/citation]
Lemme see... In the last 90 days, I've uploaded 474GB and downloaded 486GB. I can certainly believe the bandwidth claim.
Around 3 months ago I also reformatted my main drive, and my Steam folder is 457GB.
I also have Netflix, and I'm sure that uses quite a bit of bandwidth (between me and 2 other people).
My bandwidth cap is 100GB/month... I love my lazy ISP. ^_^
shiny_red_cobra
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henydiah
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kickasstorrents is my mininova replacement. The pirate bay is still kicking depending on which day u check it. I've been warned by my ISP 3 times now for DLing copyright material. Time Warner and the MPAA never tell me which file/s they r concerned about. Probably all..lol..but they usual single out one particular movie. I finally picked up an HD tv (ya super late adopter) and pulled 1TB in the first month I had it. I'm lucky I have no cap. It's coming tho.
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