Is streaming content considered to be a BitTorrent?

sja75

Hello

Thinking about switching to Tesco broadband but I notice they can slow you down using BitTorrents. Is streaming BitTorrent usage?

Thanks.

WTFH

"Torrents" are a form of streaming.
If you are planning to make data available for sharing, then yes, some suppliers may slow you down - depending on the amount you are sharing.

What is it that you're wanting to stream?

sja75

WTFH wrote: »

"Torrents" are a form of streaming.
If you are planning to make data available for sharing, then yes, some suppliers may slow you down - depending on the amount you are sharing.

What is it that you're wanting to stream?

Content from XBMC...

almillar

Streaming is just listening to, or watching, something from somewhere else (usually the net) rather than having the file on your computer first.
iPlayer, YouTube are examples of legitimate streaming, and nothing to do with BitTorrent.
BitTorrent is a way of 'de-localising' files, so that people can share them out effectively, instead of downloading from just one source. When you go to download a file (NOT stream) you will be taking 'bits' of it from lots of different people that have already downloaded it. BitTorrent is a way of file sharing, and can be used for legitimate or illegal reasons.
Some ISPs will tell you they will throttle file sharing or Bit Torrent. They should certainly not be throttling streaming, though all the above does cause much more traffic than general browsing.

zaax

Tesco only rent bandwidth from BT wholesale, and don't have LLU.

sja75

zaax wrote: »

Tesco only rent bandwidth from BT wholesale, and don't have LLU.

Thanks for that but what is LLU?

JJ_Egan

Local Loop Unbundling .
Where an ISP put their own equipment in BT exchange .

kingrulzuk

sja75 wrote: »

Thanks for that but what is LLU?

Its Local Loop Unbundling (LLU)

Check:

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/products/llu/llu.do

or

http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/guides/what_is_llu/

egrescrimp

zaax wrote: »

Tesco only rent bandwidth from BT wholesale, and don't have LLU.

They use Cable & Wireless LLU to provide their super cheap packages, if you aren't in a Cable & Wireless exchange then you can't get Tesco Broadband like myself. I can get super cheap broadband from Primus or another TalkTalk reseller though.