What do you techies recommend?

In the current enviroment, a p2p downloader can blow their quota in no time, so is there a workaround?
Some ISP's offer free national traffic, yet most p2p filesharing is done using international traffic, so the question is obvious...

1) Is there a p2p program that allows the user to configure it to download off local/NZ people only?
2) How do you find and connect to local/NZ people

I read an interesting article, quite dated, but exactly what I'm talking about...
An old website used to provide just such a service, www.p2p.net.nz which has since been shut down.
I notice that 'direct connect' DC++ is mentioned, and posts to the nz.comp newsgroup offering connection to a private hub...

A paragraph from the article:

"Because p2p.net.nz was run as a New Zealand only model, traffic to and from the site was predominantly local. Traffic on Telecom's JetStream Starter service and TelstraClear's Paradise cable network do not charge full rates for national traffic, so users weren't paying for the downloads. On top of that, connecting to other file sharers locally means the connection speeds are much faster than trying to connect to someone overseas. Orcon typically blocked international traffic to the local hubs."

http://www.musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=9026

Any help, suggestions would be appreciated