[ NNSquad ] Re: Keith Dawson: uTorrent Responds Regarding UDP Usage

[Richard Bennett <richard@bennett.com>]

The BT folks are working closely with Comcast and other large ISPs today, and the big ISPs are quite happy with the new UDP-based transport for uTorrent. They've tested it, they like the way it backs off, and find it works well with their "modems," especially the older ones.

Some wag said piracy was the killer app for broadband. If you believe that, these "dogs sleeping with cats" stories come as no surprise.

RB

Brett Glass wrote:

At 06:08 PM 12/2/2008, Wes Felter wrote:

  

BitTorrent Inc. employees have been pretty consistent in saying that  
they want to cooperate with ISPs. 
    

This makes good PR. But in fact, they are interested in making money.
And the most effective way they can see to do this is to make 
BitTorrent the best possible instrument for shifting content providers'
costs to ISPs. They also profit from piracy.

--Brett Glass

  

-- 
Richard Bennett