Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-29 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2004-07-29, csj penned: > On 28. July 2004 at 6:13PM -0600, "Monique Y. Mudama" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 2004-07-26, csj penned: > > [...] > >> > Does this mean the bittorrent upload rate equals the download rate? >> > This doesn't look good. A look at my ppp stats shows that for th

Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-29 Thread csj
On 28. July 2004 at 6:13PM -0600, "Monique Y. Mudama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2004-07-26, csj penned: [...] > > Does this mean the bittorrent upload rate equals the download rate? > > This doesn't look good. A look at my ppp stats shows that for the > > 159MB I downloaded this day, I se

Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-28 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2004-07-26, csj penned: > On 26. July 2004 at 12:10AM -0400, Travis Crump > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Paul Johnson wrote: >> > csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > > > Knoppix is "popular enough" that there are more than enough speedy > (for dialup users) ftp and http mirrors to download

Re: [toread] Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-27 Thread Richard Scott
Never had that problem, after many gigabtyes downloaded via dialup the files are available or not available.. > The more you upload, the more other bittorrent clients will let you > download. Dialup modems can't exactly upload very much, and will slowly > get pinched off from being able to d

Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-26 Thread Paul Johnson
csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But what's its disadvantage to the dialup user? The documents > I've read all indicate that some uploading will be done by the > bittorrent client. How does the uploading affect the download > speed? What's the upload to download ratio for dialup users? The mo

Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-26 Thread csj
On 26. July 2004 at 12:10AM -0400, Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > A number of media files I want to download are available > > > only on bittorrent format. I know about the advantages of > > > bittorrent for broadband u

Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-26 Thread csj
On 27. July 2004 at 5:19AM +1000, bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:30, Katipo wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > >csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >A number of media files I want to download are available > > > >only on bittorrent format. I know about the advant

Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-26 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2004-07-26, bob parker penned: > > Contrast these with jigdo which takes the load of both the server and > the downloader by downloading only what the downloader does not > already have available locally. Like wise rsync in very particular > circumstances. I know what you're trying to say, but

Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-26 Thread bob parker
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:30, Katipo wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > >csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>A number of media files I want to download are available only on > >>bittorrent format. I know about the advantages of bittorrent for > >>broadband users with underutilized bandwidth. But I'm on

Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-25 Thread Katipo
Paul Johnson wrote: csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: A number of media files I want to download are available only on bittorrent format. I know about the advantages of bittorrent for broadband users with underutilized bandwidth. But I'm on dialup. My bandwidth gets saturated with a simple "wget

Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-25 Thread Travis Crump
Paul Johnson wrote: csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: A number of media files I want to download are available only on bittorrent format. I know about the advantages of bittorrent for broadband users with underutilized bandwidth. But I'm on dialup. My bandwidth gets saturated with a simple "wget -

Re: bittorent on dialup

2004-07-25 Thread Paul Johnson
csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A number of media files I want to download are available only on > bittorrent format. I know about the advantages of bittorrent for > broadband users with underutilized bandwidth. But I'm on dialup. > My bandwidth gets saturated with a simple "wget -c linux.iso"

bittorent on dialup

2004-07-25 Thread csj
A number of media files I want to download are available only on bittorrent format. I know about the advantages of bittorrent for broadband users with underutilized bandwidth. But I'm on dialup. My bandwidth gets saturated with a simple "wget -c linux.iso" (a 52K modem that feels more like 45K).