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Technical Help & Discussion => General Tech Discussion, News & Q&A => Topic started by: Clive on August 31, 2007, 16:59

Title: File-sharers forced to play fair
Post by: Clive on August 31, 2007, 16:59

Researchers have found a way to enforce good manners on file-sharing networks by treating bandwidth as a currency.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6971904.stm

Title: Re: File-sharers forced to play fair
Post by: Simon on August 31, 2007, 17:08

I thought some of them did that already.  Doesn't make it legal though.   :-\

Title: Re: File-sharers forced to play fair
Post by: sam on August 31, 2007, 17:13

quite a few of the networks I use do that... means you get much better speeds, returns and torrents stay up longer