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pip08456 25-09-2016 21:37

Re: Traffic management - Still a thing?
 
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35860500)
People still torrent? It is all about Newsgroups now at least it is with me for several years.

Torrenting is alive and well but most is now via private sites.

Ignitionnet 25-09-2016 21:52

Re: Traffic management - Still a thing?
 
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Originally Posted by roughbeast (Post 35860496)
Traffic also has dropped, at least in the UK, because most torrent sites are denied to all but the determined file sharer. To access them, VPN is essential.

I hadn't realised that P2P traffic had dropped so much, to the point that policing may not be worthwhile. The number of seeders does not appear to have dropped per torrent, but I guess the global picture is different than the national one.

Not really but regardless the end result is the same. Sufficient numbers of people pay for content or use legitimate free sources that it makes DPI shaping of traffic not worth the bother.

heero_yuy 26-09-2016 18:05

Re: Traffic management - Still a thing?
 
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Originally Posted by Skie (Post 35860521)
Their torrent throttling isn't terribly effective anyway.

I can still saturate my link (down) with two or three torrents. No apparent caps in my region.

roughbeast 26-09-2016 18:12

Re: Traffic management - Still a thing?
 
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35860623)
I can still saturate my link (down) with two or three torrents. No apparent caps in my region.

Overnight hopefully.


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