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Explain Bittorrent

RobertFoster · 2004-05-16 22:16:57

hi, can someone explain what bittorrent is and how it works? and also, what are torrents?

16-05-2004 10:16pm

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RobertFoster

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hi,

can someone explain what bittorrent is and how it works? and also, what are torrents?

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#2 16-05-2004 10:21pm

neokenzo

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Maybe this site can explain what you need to know about Bittorent.

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#3 16-05-2004 10:57pm

RobertFoster

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thanks

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#4 16-05-2004 11:02pm

Creamy Goodness

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i've a question about BitTorrent,

just wondering is it usable on ISDN64k??

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#5 16-05-2004 11:04pm

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Works on everything ,pretty cool but whomps your upload so surfing for me is a no no no as it takes all my 15k up.

kdjac

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#6 16-05-2004 11:08pm

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Originally posted by KdjaC
Works on everything ,pretty cool but whomps your upload so surfing for me is a no no no as it takes all my 15k up.

kdjac

use something like net limiter to set how much upload it can use

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#7 16-05-2004 11:10pm

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have you tried one of the clients that allows you to limit you upload? i find this can help until the high speed download at 50k kicks in and then it will still be slow

data

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#8 16-05-2004 11:15pm

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uninstal your old client before trying a new one or you'l get problems

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