[NTLUG:Discuss] BitTorrent on Libranet

[Val Harris]

David Ross wrote:
> On Thursday 01 April 2004 01:24 am, Ralph Green, Jr wrote:
> 
>  >  It seemed to take much longer, maybe 4
> 
>>or 5 times as long.  I can remember a couple of 300 meg files that took
>>2 days each to get.  If I had been able to ftp them, I would have.
>>
>>Ralph
> 
> 
> A friend of mine raved about BT so I tried it with the same results as Ralph.A 
> 650MB file was downloading at 1-2 kbps whereas on another computer (on the 
> same internet connection) it downloaded from http at 80kbps.I promptly gave 
> up on BT.

My experience with BT was exactly the opposite.  I downloaded the 3 isos
of Fedora Core 2 - Test1 in just under 2 hours.  I guess the popularity
of the software (how many are d/l'ing at the same time) makes a BIG
difference.

Sorry you had such a dismal experience,

Val
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