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 sent out 4MB. This is while > > downloading (ftp and http) two linux isos, a 27MB video clip > > (mplayer), surfing (w3m text-mode), and sending out a few emails (no > > attachments). > > Not necessarily. I've had extremely imbalanced rates in both > directions. Also, many clients allow you to restrict your > upload rate so that you don't saturate your connection. Is bittornado one of those many clients? 'apt-cache search' turns up only two Debian-packaged clients. Also, would restricting the upload rate limit the download rate? > Without having delved into the bittorrent source or > documentation to any real degree, I believe that the absolute > rates you see are more a function of supply vs. demand. It > seems to me that your ability to contribute by simultaneously > uploading a torrent only matters when there's more demand than > supply -- in that case, those who are contributing the most get > the best results. It seems to me that, in cases where there is > enough supply to go around, you won't get choked. But I have > no hard evidence to back this belief up, and maybe someone who > knows the facts will correct me. > > If I get a large file through bittorrent, I generally leave the > client open long enough to upload at least as much as I've > leeched; it seems like the right thing to do. I don't think it's right to suck up the bandwidth of the (dialup) ISP's other users more than is necessary to download what I have to download. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
