On 3/11/08, David Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree a well-seeded torrent can be pretty quick. But the > protocol/clients/users only seed for a very limited time, or not at all. > The result is most torrents are poorly seeded, and thus slower than > downloading from a well-provisioned webserver. Said another way, > Bittorrent generally sacrifices speed in order to protect pirates. >
--> I'll check that one the next time I'm downloading a smaller torrent. I have the impression that alot of seeds are long term persistant. But no data to back it up yet. Bill _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
