Comments on: my first time using bittorrent http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/03/my-first-time-using-bittorrent/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: david carlton http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/03/my-first-time-using-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-4445 david carlton Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:33:15 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=325#comment-4445 I don't think that the upload link was the limiting factor in this case, but I'll keep that in mind in the future. I don’t think that the upload link was the limiting factor in this case, but I’ll keep that in mind in the future.

]]> By: Jim Blandy http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/03/my-first-time-using-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-4441 Jim Blandy Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:28:02 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=325#comment-4441 To clarify reply 3: The bittorrent protocol is designed to (as much as possible) deter parasites: people who download at a higher rate than they upload. I'm not sure the relationship is that direct, but there's some sort of gating going on. So even though you're downloading, your speed can be limited by your upload link rate. On cable modems and asymmetric DSL, your upload link is usually much slower than your download link. To clarify reply 3:

The bittorrent protocol is designed to (as much as possible) deter parasites: people who download at a higher rate than they upload. I’m not sure the relationship is that direct, but there’s some sort of gating going on.

So even though you’re downloading, your speed can be limited by your upload link rate. On cable modems and asymmetric DSL, your upload link is usually much slower than your download link.

]]> By: Mark Gritter http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/03/my-first-time-using-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-4437 Mark Gritter Wed, 08 Mar 2006 03:35:18 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=325#comment-4437 Many anecodatal stories indicate that, yes, if you are downloading something popular, you will get pretty good download rates. My own personal experiment run about a year or more ago with an "official" conventional download vs. a bittorrent of the same file was a clear win for the conventional download. I think that much of the theoretical upside of bittorrent is in practice limited by the slow upstream and downstream capacities of DSL and cable. That is, the bottleneck for most residential users really isn't the server (assuming we are talking about something officially supported rather than somebody's home box serving ripped DVDs or whatever), it's their local link. Many anecodatal stories indicate that, yes, if you are downloading something popular, you will get pretty good download rates. My own personal experiment run about a year or more ago with an “official” conventional download vs. a bittorrent of the same file was a clear win for the conventional download.

I think that much of the theoretical upside of bittorrent is in practice limited by the slow upstream and downstream capacities of DSL and cable. That is, the bottleneck for most residential users really isn’t the server (assuming we are talking about something officially supported rather than somebody’s home box serving ripped DVDs or whatever), it’s their local link.

]]> By: david carlton http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/03/my-first-time-using-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-4436 david carlton Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:07:56 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=325#comment-4436 I'm not using NAT yet (the router was supposed to arrive yesterday, but UPS didn't deliver it), but thanks, I'll keep that in mind once the router is in place. I’m not using NAT yet (the router was supposed to arrive yesterday, but UPS didn’t deliver it), but thanks, I’ll keep that in mind once the router is in place.

]]> By: Chris http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2006/03/my-first-time-using-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-4435 Chris Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:47:43 +0000 http://malvasiabianca.org/?p=325#comment-4435 Are you behind NAT? You'll get low speeds if you haven't set up bittorrent port forwarding on your router. http://btfaq.com/serve/cache/25.html - C. Are you behind NAT? You’ll get low speeds if you haven’t set up bittorrent port forwarding on your router.

http://btfaq.com/serve/cache/25.html

- C.

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