On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 09:37:39 +0800, Roberto Verzola wrote: >On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:37:08 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:18:10 -0400, Lawrence H. Bulk wrote: >> >(On July 21, it will be much faster if you download the new >> >release via a Torrent.) >> >> Some ISPs throttle speed for torrent usage. Using torrent could slow >> down a download very much. >If a torrent version is available, it is the most efficient way to >download because you are getting pieces of the file not from a single >server but from other users who are also downloading or who have >already downloaded the file.
It's absolutely not efficient, if the download is throttled. Here is a worldwide list of ISPs known to shape torrent traffic, https://wiki.vuze.com/w/Bad_ISPs . For example only one of the listed provider in Germany throttles, but de facto all of them shape torrent traffic in Germany by the Tier hierarchy, https://wiki.vuze.com/w/Bad_ISPs#Germany . AFAIK torrent is efficient for a minority of Internet users only. Regards, Ralf -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
