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Firstly, if i am mentioning anything frowned upon the t&c's, please edit/delete the post as needed 
I am having some issues with p2p and bandwidth. I have an 8mb connection, and I use utorrent for downloading files.
A house mate has complained that as soon as i start up utorrent, the bandwidth available to him is so small, his connection is slowed enough to cause hinderance.
No, I'm not familiar with how p2p protocols or bandwidth works, but I thought that if i limited my uploads speed to something like 20kb/s , it should not make much of a dent in our bandwidth, as i know sort of that uploads are what kills a connection.
Can anyone clue me in on how p2p works and if it can truely penalise the bandwidth as a whole? Also, are there any solutions to try that can allow the use of p2p and still maintain good bandwidth?
thanks in advance.
I am having some issues with p2p and bandwidth. I have an 8mb connection, and I use utorrent for downloading files.
A house mate has complained that as soon as i start up utorrent, the bandwidth available to him is so small, his connection is slowed enough to cause hinderance.
No, I'm not familiar with how p2p protocols or bandwidth works, but I thought that if i limited my uploads speed to something like 20kb/s , it should not make much of a dent in our bandwidth, as i know sort of that uploads are what kills a connection.
Can anyone clue me in on how p2p works and if it can truely penalise the bandwidth as a whole? Also, are there any solutions to try that can allow the use of p2p and still maintain good bandwidth?
thanks in advance.