[dba-Tech] Little Windows 10 gotcha

[John W. Colby]

Yea, unless they are using my PC hitting the internet over my phone 
wifi, where I pay for every byte of data.

John W. Colby

On 8/1/2015 12:06 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Microsoft doesn't say it formally but it appears that they are using a torrent network to distribute their updates. It is actually a great method for broadcasting a fairly large amount of data without the initial servers being adversely impacted.
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> Jim
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> Subject: [dba-Tech] Little Windows 10 gotcha
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> http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/07/30/windows-10-steals-your-bandwidth-to-send-other-people-updates/
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