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uTorrent v2.0 Throttles Itself

BitTorrent client will throttle upload speed when network congestion is detected, diminishing the need for ISPs to throttle BitTorrent traffic as part of network traffic management practices and saving them billions in the process. ISPs have long been throttling BitTorrent traffic as part of their network traffic management practices due to the constant baseline pressure that uploads represent on overall bandwidth. Enter uTorrent v2.0 beta, currently being tested by several hundred thousand people, which incorporates uTP, an updated and improved version of the BitTorrent protocol designed to be more network friendly.

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009 P2P News No Comments

FTC nukes "extended warranty" robocallers from orbit

I received the call again yesterday, as I have once a month for the last year. My auto warranty was expiring, it said, and I should press 1 to speak with a “warranty specialist” about extending it. The calls were blatant violations of US telemarketing rules: no company name was given, incorrect caller ID information was displayed, and I had been on the government’s Do Not Call list for years.

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Friday, May 15th, 2009 P2P News No Comments