This is really bugging me... I'm currently looking at my peer list for the people who have a file I'm quite desperate for. And it says to me that the 2 people have 100% of the file, but what are they doing about it? Nothing!! I'm literally getting a transfer rate of about .1KB/s, if that.

Advice to all BitTorrent users: At least get your share ratio to 100% before you close down BitTorrent or remove it from the seed list -- it's what keeps the torrent healthy! The more people who have the torrent; the easier it is for the next person to download and upload.

And on a 256Kbps upload speed, keep the max upload rate at 20KB/s, any more and it'll start to really eat away at other bandwidth intensive applications.

I'm not picking on any of you lot in particular, unless your IP address is 83.100.232.***, in which case you should put your upload rate slider as high as it will go, and seed for all eternity.

Thanks.

I keep my u/l rate at 50KB/s at the moment, and usually dont close a torrent until i both have a ratio of 1 or higher and a seeder:leecher rate of 2:1

By the way, what client do you use?

LOL, people are like that, it's called being greedy.

Anyway, please don't post full IPs, it promotes hacking, and that is not something I want to be held responsible for.

[quote:9e8251bb87="Connected"]I keep my u/l rate at 50KB/s at the moment, and usually dont close a torrent until i both have a ratio of 1 or higher and a seeder:leecher rate of 2:1

By the way, what client do you use?[/quote:9e8251bb87]

50KB/s!!!?? Are you made of money!!???
I use BitTorrent; the original and the best. I bought the T-shirt. I'll take a photo of me wearing it some time.

He has 4mbps internet, and his upload is faster.

yeah, 4mbps connection, ooh, the speed

Show off.

what about you in OpenTTD?


hmmm, should i get 10meg for only ?10 more a month

No. That's ?120 a year.
Personally, I think that anything over ?10/month for broadband is a rip off.

Hehe, have you seen what other playersare like in OpenTTD?

Anyway, you can get BB for less than a tenner?

The only broadband worth getting for me would be unlimited broadband - I'm a heavy downloader, but I don't mind waiting. I could cope easy with a 1mbps/256kbps connection.

Edit: What does annoy me is when it's obvious that the download can go faster, but won't because people are too inconsiderate to upload.

Further edit as part of same edit: I've purchased an album because the torrent health was zero and because it was an excellent price. I intend to make my own torrent for it!

Naaa, my 4Mb bb is ?25/month
and 10Mb bb is ?35/month

aah, the benifits of living bang in the centre of Gloucester

Yeah, but does it have a download cap?

Ahh, the massive contention ratios living in the middle of Gloucester ;)

Out here, it's literally 1:1. I think it's just me living in my village.

Apparantly he's got a 1:1 contention ratio or something?!

1:1 contention's cost ?100/month upwards for ADSL. And several thousand a year for (S)DSL.

[quote:d0b8247fea="Grim Reaper"]Yeah, but does it have a download cap?[/quote:d0b8247fea]

No download cap

[quote:d0b8247fea="azcn2503"]Ahh, the massive contention ratios living in the middle of Gloucester ;)

Out here, it's literally 1:1. I think it's just me living in my village.[/quote:d0b8247fea]

I always seem to be d/loading at atleast 450KB/s and u/loading at at least 45KB/s

my isp say that i shouldnt see any noticable contention for atleast 5 to 10 years, so im happy with that, its probabily to do with how they split their bandwidth

Shame that I manage to squeeze about 2KB/s out of BitTorrent usually :/

damn, thats shower than dial-up when normally downloading

and they say bittorrent is supposed to make things quicker, lol

It's only quick when people share...

I know, but i havent seen a torrent with such a slow speed in quite a while, ok maybe about 20KB/s but nothing close to 2KB/s

Maybe Aaron's just downloading rare stuff?

Yes...

What's with the elipsis?

[quote:b0d0e958df="Grim Reaper"]Maybe Aaron's just downloading rare stuff?[/quote:b0d0e958df]

what rare stuff aaron?