I see ... maybe that explains why I finally got this 425MB file at 2.5K
BPS taking hours to download instead of my more normal 200 to 750 KBPS.
Anyway, I notice there was still no answer to my question "Where can I
download openoffice.org_extras_20070328.iso without the need of using
bitTorrent?" I may not be the only person who would like a good
download URL, even though I personally no longer need it.
William Hartwell wrote:
Joe Conner wrote:
Where can I download openoffice.org_extras_20070328.iso without the
need of using bitTorrent? I googled
openoffice.org_extras_20070328.iso, and I found only eight sites.
Each of them required bitTorrent to download.
See for instance: http://borft.student.utwente.nl/~mike/oo/bt.rss.
I have a high-speed direct connection to the internet (T-1
equivalent) so why should I be forced to download the file piecemeal
to get the iso?
Or am I not understanding something very basic?
Yes, you're definitely not understanding something basic. Bittorrent
does not "download the file piecemeal" - instead, it shares the load
for downloading it among everyone who has a bittorrent client, so that
no single server is forced to service the downloads of everyone who
wants the file. This means that more people can get the file than
would be able to if one server were forced to handle all the
downloads, AND that you can get the file faster. Once you've
downloaded it, you have the full file, exactly as advertised, just as
you would if you used an FTP connection. You're just sharing the load,
as is every other person who's downloading it, so that more people can
get the file more easily.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
