On Sunday 10 Oct 2010, Robert Bronsdon wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:37:50 +0100, Simon O'Riordan
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Anyway, progress is smooth so far, except that so many files from so
> > many servers inevitably means variable download speed.
> > Probably done by 1330.
>
> That would be the reason for distributing via. .torrent a much better
> protocol for this sort of this.
Unfortunately, I think BT throttle torrents. In theory, a typical ISO
shouldn't take more than a few hours, but I've rarely managed better than 8-10
hours with a torrent. On several occasions, I've had to run the torrent for
several days, just to *get* the download and then several weeks to reseed it
to > 80%.
I gave up using torrents, because I really am not that patient.
BTW, BT give me around 6 MB/s on my connection.
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