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At present for every piece downloaded, someone has to upload. Most of our connections are asymmetric, typically with download speeds 3-6 times as great as upload speeds.
Would it make sense in the next itteration of the bittorrent protocol to enable short list multicasting -- when you upload, you upload to a list of 4-6 recipients. This effectively magnifies the upload bandwidth.
Does this make sense?
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ISPs don't forward multicast like that, so it wouldn't actually work.
The only place it's actually effective is in situations where individuals have multiple internet connections with a backbone between them that is greater than either connection. (Multiple *DSL/Cable connections with a gigabit LAN connection behind the router(s)).
Guy with a few torrent programs under his belt.
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