Bittorrent To Cause Internet Meltdown

Gimble writes "Richard Bennett has an article at the Register claiming that a recent uTorrent decision to use UDP for file transfers to avoid ISP 'traffic management' restrictions will cause a meltdown of the internet reducing everybody's bandwidth to a quarter of their current value. Other folks have also expressed concern that this may not be the best thing for the internet."

98%

[Anonymous Coward]

Plz seed

Finally!

[tikram]

Finally, I'll have a legitimate reason to slack off and not do my job...

On the other hand, how am I going to procastinate without the internet?

Ummm

[rehtonAesoohC]

So what you're saying is that it may clog the tubes?

Someone get a plumber, quick!

Re:Ummm

[Adriax]

Call in Mr Stevens, he's unemployed and looking for work.

Re:98%

[Kjuib]

If it melts... it should flow better and faster right? A liquid net would better than a solid one.

Re:fairness

[HardCase]

And all this time I thought that spam was going to cause the Internet to melt down. Maybe we need new terminology. Instead of "melt down", it should be "Global Internet Change".

Re:Greed

[Anonymous Coward]

The music industry is hardly a golden goose. I'll accept golden turd but not goose.

Re:This is a good thing

[kvezach]

The real next step: file transfers over HTTP. Or go right out and tunnel IP over HTTP!

Re:98%

[ardor]

Nah, it would melt the internet tubes.

More on this story...

[JCSoRocks]

BitTorrent is believed to be harboring weapons of mass destruction. These weapons are believed to be capable of destroying all of the internet tubes. The government has no choice but to authorize the ISPs to use lethal force to prevent these terrorists from succeeding.

Re:98%

[Glothar]

Well, it would fit through the pipes better.

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Re:don't see it myself

[melikamp]

Your post might have been dropped, probably due to the excessive amount of posting from your end.

Re:98%

[Anonymous Coward]

It should flow like a harpoon daily and nightly.

But will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know.

Re:Imagine:

[StikyPad]

LOL! Well.. good luck, I hope she's worth it, and with any luck the wife will never find out about her. Don't forget to burn the receipts!

Re:fairness

[ShatteredArm]

Clearly whoever invented TCP did not properly understand game theory.

Re:98%

[macshome]

I think that's exactly what Skynet wants...

Re:Hello!

[danieltdp]

you missed the "World" part

Re:98%

[Zencyde]

Shall I turn out the lights so you can glow?

Re:98%

[toriver]

I vas elected to lead, not to seed!

Re: 98%

[mcpkaaos]

Bald kid: Do not try and manage UDP connections. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
Ted: What truth?
Bald kid: There is no connection.