[NTLUG:Discuss] BitTorrent on Libranet

[Robert Citek]

On Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 12:57  PM, Val Harris wrote:
> David Ross wrote:
>> 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.

And possibly the number of people on big pipes that leave their 
downloaders running.

> Sorry you had such a dismal experience,

Could this be because of differences in versions?  That is, Val was 
using a different version of BT than David?

Regards,
- Robert