Well when we started with these 3 files there was just the one seed  
so it took a long time... right now #1 has 11 seeds and 2 has 4 and 3  
has 3 seeds are those who have the whole file and the more folks that  
have the whole file + those peers that have more of the file than you  
do are the places you are getting the file from... right now I could  
DL #1 in less than an hour for example... one big problem with the  
free sites like pirate bay is that there is little incentive for  
folks to keep a file up on their system after they have downloaded  
it... places like UKNOVA have ratio rules that keep them strong while  
they are on the tracker... good manners with torrents is to keep them  
going on your client after you have it till you have a ratio on each  
one you DL of 1.5 or better (or failing that as long as anyone wants it)
Cheers
Randolph Lee in Newcastle Maine U.S.A. W69° 32' 14" N44° 02' 44"

On Jan 22, 2007, at 5:41 AM, Andy Greener wrote:

> In practice, the more clients there are actively downloading
> the more effective torrents are. Waterworld is not a high-
> demand download (13 clients approx as I type, for episode 3)
> and it has taken just under 24 hours now to get about three-
> quarters of each episode. 'Trickle' would be a more accurate
> description :-)



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