File sharing is the act of distributing or providing access
to digitally stored items. Peer to peer sharing is someone uploading a file
like an audio, video or text file onto the internet. Then people can download
that file through torrents or similar ways. Some of the more known types of
peer to peer file sharing is BitTorrent, Kazaa, LimeWire, bearshare and there
are many more examples out there. Torrents usually have faster speeds as people
seed the content they have already downloaded giving people faster download
speeds. The only problem with peer to peer file sharing is that downloading is
faster then uploading which was brought up in the article in Wired by Clive
Thompson. The main reason stated in the article is because internet providers
sell high download speeds but low upload speeds as their normal offerings. This
problematic because it causes a bottleneck for people wanting to download
certain things.
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