On Sunday 19 October 2003 01:20 am, Sharrea Day wrote: > On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 04:35, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > Keep an eye on that link below. When you see downloaders drop > > off to just a few, and there's still enough 'connected complete' > > people, then it'd probly be OK to abandon BT then. > > > > I've kept mine up since getting the iso's last Wednesday. I've > > got upload limited to 50% of my connections capability. I can > > hardly tell BT is still runnin, while doin other stuff with the > > connection. IOW, I've still got 100% down, and the 50% up I have > > left over just means it takes a second longer to send an email ;) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tom Brinkman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Just another comment: Over 4,400 people have gotten the > > > complete iso's, but only 318 are currently still online to upload > > > them to others. That's not very nice. Seems a lot of people got > > > theirs and then selfishly disconnected. The torrent idea depends > > > on people staying online .... specially after they're d/l is > > > complete. http://torrent.mandrakesoft.com:6969/ > > I've just finished downloading the torrent ISOs with my satellite internet > connection. I only _download_ via satellite but uploading is still via > dialup modem. > > If I leave my torrent running for others will my measly 3 kbps help or > hinder the torrent network? Not sure what to do so any advice will be much > appreciated. > > Sharrea every little bit helps, one user is not necessarily using only your upload but possibly several. Let it go for as long as you feel comfortable. I am letting mine go till at least Monday night. If lots of folks still downloading I will leave it up. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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