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Offline Clive

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File-sharers forced to play fair
« 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

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Re: File-sharers forced to play fair
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2007, 17:08 »
I thought some of them did that already.  Doesn't make it legal though.   :-\
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Re: File-sharers forced to play fair
« Reply #2 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
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