On Friday 23 July 2004 22:54, Neil Bower wrote:
> On Fri July 23 2004 13:36, Chris Berry wrote:
> > Neil Bower wrote:
> > >>> Everyone is encouraged to use BitTorrent to download here
> > >>> http://142.179.175.121/floss-cd.iso.torrent
> > >
> > > The previous time I downloaded using BitTorrent, a file
> > > (filename.torrent) was downloaded first, then the files I wanted
> > > followed afterwards.
> >
> > That URL points to the torrent file. BitTorrent downloads the torrent
> > file, and that tells it where to find the ISO. Looks like there are a
> > reasonable number of people serving it at the moment, as I'm maxing out
> > my DSL connection downloading (and nobody's uploading from me).
> >
> >
> > Chris.
>
> That's what I thought, but there was no torrent file that was downloaded to
> my hard drive. I thought that the torrent file was needed if you wanted to
> serve the file out as well.
>
> I had excellent download speed - complete download in less than 30 minutes.
>
> Nei


I had great download speeds as well but no uploads. I haven't changed 
anything, could Shaw have started blocking me?

Graham 

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