Peer-to-peer performance

A device comprising one or more storage devices including processor readable code, and one or more processors in communication with the one or more storage devices to execute the processor readable code to:

• map each of a plurality of computing devices to one of a plurality of different groups based on location information corresponding to each of the plurality of computing devices;
• access inter-group information including at least one of inter-group data transfer rate information and inter-group availability information;
• for one of the computing devices mapped to one of the groups, identify, based on the accessed information, one of the other groups to which to send one or more download requests for digital content;
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• effect or recommend sending of a download request for the digital content from the one of the computing devices mapped to one of the groups to one or more computing devices mapped to the identified one of the other groups.

One or more processor readable storage devices having instructions encoded thereon which when executed cause one or more processors to perform a method for improving distribution of digital content units between computing devices of a peer-to-peer network, the method comprising:

• (a) grouping at least some of the computing devices into one of a plurality of clusters of computing device such that each of the clusters will include a plurality of computing devices;
• (b) for at least some of the plurality of clusters, effecting or recommending that different computing devices within the same cluster send download requests for different digital content units to computing devices outside of the cluster so that the plurality of computing devices within the same cluster will collectively obtain all of the different digital content units;
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• (c) for at least some of the plurality of clusters, effecting or recommending distribution of the different digital content units between the computing devices with the same cluster so that each of a plurality of the computing devices within each of the plurality of clusters obtain all of the different digital content units.