WTF? BitTorrent accounts for 35 percent of all the traffic on the Internet?

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  • BRISK
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Feb 2003
    • 12240

    #1

    WTF? BitTorrent accounts for 35 percent of all the traffic on the Internet?

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._livewire_dc_2

    According to British Web analysis firm CacheLogic, BitTorrent accounts for an astounding 35 percent of all the traffic on the Internet -- more than all other peer-to-peer programs combined -- and dwarfs mainstream traffic like Web pages.
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    I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.
  • Fake Nick
    So Fucking Banned
    • Jul 2004
    • 7708

    #2
    1000 persons sharing files of 2 gigs create a lot of traffic

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    • Jace
      FBOP Class Of 2013
      • Jan 2004
      • 35562

      #3
      jesus christ

      i remember when that dude first launched his little file sharing program.....i can honestly say I was one of the first chunk of people to play with it

      my god, i bet he feels stupid now for not placing an ad anywhere on the program....haha

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      • Vitasoy
        GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!!
        • Oct 2003
        • 58202

        #4
        People who download must also seed (upload) , so I can see why theres a ton of traffic distributed.


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        • StuartD
          Sofa King Band
          • Jul 2002
          • 29903

          #5
          It's how I watch my fav tv shows... just download, watch when ever I have time, don't get commercials.

          It's great.
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          • Manowar
            jellyfish  
            • Dec 2003
            • 71528

            #6
            its because of the upload feature, bandwidth going everywhere

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