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Originally Posted by greeninferno
why can't Virginmedia specifically target those using torrents and just those users?
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its not a good way to go about it to be honest.
its ok to target heaviest users but I dont agree with targeting protocols.
Also VM have already tried to target torrents and its evident its not an efficient way of traffic management.
1 - light torrent users get penalised which when they are light users isnt really a fair way to deal with it.
2 - there is false positives which seems to mainly affect gamers.
3 - it can be easily evaded which defeats the purpose of it in the first place.
The new system which is due early next year which will not target torrents but will get a lot of torrent users anyway as it will target heavier users. It will not be evadable other than to stop downloading/uploading.
How effective will be remains to be seen, I expect in some areas it will need to be draconian to be effective.