sivran
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| reply to chabu
Re: RocketStream
If you're lookin to use it for your home connection, it'll be of little or no value.
The only way I see it doing anything to improve file transfer speed from point A to point B is if, when you set it up, it starts immediately uploading the files you've selected to share to one or more of their servers. Then when you request one of those files from some other location, it leverages the bandwidth of your home connection along with their servers. Otherwise, no matter how good the software may be, you'll be limited to the slowest link in the chain: typically your home connection. Such multi-source downloading techniques are nothing new, and nothing worth paying for in any case. You could, for instance, upload a bunch of files to the webspace your ISP gives you, or even use emule. Just be sure to encrypt stuff first. 
As for sending files via UDP, well, they say their proprietary protocol guarantees delivery. Thus, there must be some mechanism in there to request re-transmits. Looky here, we're essentially back to TCP with an infinite receive window, ACKs optional.
I can upload pretty much at full speed across the US, and only lose 10-20% across the pacific much of the time. Thus to even tell if it DID work I'd need someone in Singapore to download some stuff.
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