New BitTorrent - open source, streaming capable, well-behaved

[Dave Farber <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: Joly MacFie <joly () punkcast com>
> Date: May 26, 2010 5:49:35 PM EDT
> To: dave <dave () farber net>
> Subject: New BitTorrent - open source, streaming capable, well-behaved

> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/will-an-open-source-bittorrent-be-good-or-bad/6569
>
> BitTorrent has decided to open source its new uTorrent  protocol,
> which has now entered a public beta.
>
> <snip>
>
> The new software supports streaming as files are downloading, by
> downloading portions of a file in order.
>
> <snip>
>
> The software also has features ISPs might like. It’s more aware of
> congestion [1], and will automatically rein itself in.
>
> This dynamic throttling capability may make some downloads slower, but
> Ars Technica notes [2] uTorrent will also grab 100% of available
> bandwidth when that’s available, so some might be faster.
>
> <snip>
>
>
> 1. http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/05/25/bittorrent-open-sources-more-polite-congestion-aware-protocol/
> 2. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/05/bittorrent-open-sources-new-protocol-implementation.ars
>
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