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 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca

