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BitTorrent does the same thing and used to be a lot more common, just typically not between hosts close to each other.
by tinus_hn 6y ago
BitTorrent does the same thing and used to be a lot more common, just typically not between hosts close to each other.
- M2Ys4U 6y agoTCP-based bittorrent, yes. The uTP protocol (which has an IETF version called LEDBAT) was specifically designed to be used for background transmission, and it should slow itself down if there are competing TCP flows.