Web users moving from Bittorrent to eDonkey

Latest reports from research of digital content have shown that the web users are constantly moving from Bittorrent networks to other networks like eDonkey. The reason behind this shift is the popularity Bittorrent gained in a short time and the regulatory authorities started targeting the servers serving as host for trackers used by the shared torrent files. Interestingly, movies like “Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” were available on these networks before they were released in public!

The study was conducted by the Cambridge-based Internet analysis firm CacheLogic which found out that eDonkey was as if not more popular than the Bittorrent technology in the countries like the USA, China, Japan and Britain. These are some of the heaviest downloading nations in the world with highly spread broadband connectivity.

CacheLogic’s chief technology officer Andrew Parker said in a statement about their research: “This is almost assuredly a result of the increased legal action towards the once-ignored Bittorrent — a game of P2P hide-and-seek.” The networks are so popular that Bittorrent alone was said to consume 1/3rd bandwidth on the Internet.

Overall, About 60 percent of the Internet’s total bandwidth consists of P2P traffic.