Subj : Which VPN?
To   : Arelor
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Jul 13 2023 04:55 pm

  Re: Which VPN?
  By: Arelor to Phigan on Thu Jul 13 2023 12:37 pm

 Ar> From a network administration perspective, bittorrent is evil incarnate. A
 Ar> bittorrent client generates multiple connections which take a lot of
 Ar> bandwidth.That is a higher strain for networking equipment than just
 Ar> downloading a file
 Ar> from a website. I have seen bittorent clients bring down LAN segments
 Ar> because they overloaded the QoS queues of their upstream router.

Isn't part of the point of BitTorrent to help you get the most speed by connecting to many different people offering the same file?

 Ar> ISP hate torrent because ISP oversell more bandwidth than they have and a
 Ar> smallammount of torrenters places a lot of stress on them.

I haven't heard this, but I'd think that rather than ISPs complaining about it, they could make their network better.

 Ar> And they don t care if you are sued or whatever because most likely you
 Ar> are going to have to hire an ISP anyway.

What do you mean by "hire" here?

Nightfox

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