02 May 2008 @ 06:43 pm
New Software Allows ISPs and P2P Users to Get Along Without Getting Too Cozy  
Growing tension between Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and their customers’ P2P file-sharing services has driven service providers to forcefully reduce P2P traffic at the expense of unhappy subscribers and the risk of government investigations.

Ono, a unique software solution that allows users to efficiently identify nearby P2P clients. The software, which is freely available and has been downloaded by more than 150,000 users, benefits ISPs by reducing costly cross-network traffic without sacrificing performance for the user. In fact, when ISPs configure their networks properly, their software significantly improves transfer speeds – by as much as 207 percent on average.

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Download and Install Ono using Azureus:  From the Advanced display, choose the Tools Plugins menu by selecting Ono from the Sourceforge plugins list.  Note that Ono does "phone home" by default to help the research gather anonymized performance data.  If this disturbs you, you can turn this option off.