>>all I get at my end is a comfortable 10 KBps Does that translate to 100Kbps ?? Even so, downloading 1.4GB over 2 weeks using such a line shows that the connection's good ! What ISP and connection are you using ? I am dying to know - how much does it costs you etc...
>>and when I told that to some of you at the last lug meeting, you asked me to stay away from >>the torrents. As far as I remember, it was me only :=) BT makes *optimal* use of avilable bandwidth and in the process chokes up all other services ... BitTorrent servers *and* protocol is programmed in such a way that the file(seed) that you have will simultaneously be uploaded to a nearer counterpart who *does not*have it, as you download another new file/part.. Hence, over a BT network a user simltaneously uploads *and* downloads data ! As you have a 10KBps connection, I figured out that your upload speed would be around half the download speed, which does not come to much.. That would *really* clog out your connection ! But since you are willing to "go a long way", you may : 1. Goto http://sourceforge.net/projects/bittorrent/index.htm, download, compile, make && make install.. 2. Follow up at http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/ 3. point the BTClient to the .torrent file you just downloaded and start download.. Enjoy ! Please let me know how it worked out for you. P.S : Also, send me an offlist email about where you stay (in Kolkata ? - I remember your home's at Gujarat ?), and how I may contact you (excluding email..) I would like to talk with you over the phone if you stay in West Bengal.. Hope I could help ! Regards Subhobroto Sinha http://www.geocities.com/subhobrotosinha __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
