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Originally Posted by roughbeast
Videos need to be streamed in real time, i.e. You are watching it there and then. Torrent downloads / uploads can be deferred to off-peak times.
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Well, no. Your streaming can be deferred to off-peak times as well. Buffer it up off-peak and watch it the next day. iPlayer allows you to download many shows as well. Why should the guy using torrents wait an extra day to watch their stuff instead of you?
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Given that, even on BT fibre, there are congestion issues, it seems only sensible and mindful of other users to defer what you can.
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So people streaming Youtube should defer it too. You really need to watch that many cat videos
today?
Personally I've never seen any congestion issues on BT fibre, especially not on the upstream, thanks to everyone getting 30Mbps of dedicated upstream capacity all the way up to the symmetric backhauls.
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Originally Posted by Sirius
My issue is about UPLOAD not download, Heavy torrent users will upload massive amounts to comply with seeding demands by most private trackers.
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And the dimwits uploading several gigabytes of full-res photos to Facebook every day are more entitled why?
Sure, cable has a particular problem with upstream capacity, but that's why there's STM. It's implemented badly but the principle is right. Use a disproportionate amount, your speed gets cut, it cares neither what you use it for or why. Everyone is treated equally.