this does not increase but would decrease isp data use
Your ISP is you gateway to the Internet..That the WAN
You local network is the PC on the common lan sharing that common ISP WAN connection
so you have 2 or more pc in your house ..old update download would have each pc make it own download from the WAN...so 2 PC x2 downloads .3 PC x3 downloads, ect
new way.. one pc does the download of the update from the Internet.. and then act as the server for the rest...so no matter many.pc yo have at you house..it just the one update download to update all.of them.... so less bandwidth used
Not disputing your point because it could be entirely valid but if what this guy is claiming is true the scenario could potentially be 3 PC’s downloading the payload and then all three PC’s acting as ad hoc servers (think Bit-torrent) uploading payload.
Without a distribution service such as WSUS (Windows Server Update Service) directing the traffic for patches and updates who knows how they will be delivered?
I’m obviously gonna need to dig into this further.
Uh, the default turns every Home Windows 10 into a wide area Internet server for Windows updates to unlimited numbers of other PCs NOT on your LAN!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/31/windows_10_torrent_updates/
Thank you for the sanity!
Folks the article is a LIE.
Updates are not, repeat NOT shared across the Internet—only on the home or office network!!!
And THAT means you use LESS bandwidth when you have more than one Windows 10 device on your—not other people’s—network.