Robin Laing wrote: > 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. >> >> > > Some people are also using ISP's that restrict or ban BitTorrent access. > Anybody got a list of these ISPs that generally ban bittorrent, not just specifics (i.e. illegal downloads) > Some people are behind corporate firewalls that don't allow BitTorrent > access. > And in this case, I would think that the company would also have a policy against downloading software without the IT department's okay. > Some people don't have the skills to configure their home DSL/Router > to allow BitTorrent access. > Most of the routers I've come across don't have that restriction built in. > There are lots of reasons to have http/ftp access to files. Don't get > me wrong but torrents can be a pain in any one of the above > situations. I have tried BitTorrent at home and only get ~2kBs per > second when I get >200KBs with FTP. I have even tried encrypted > BitTorrent as well as different ports. > There are reasons to do that, but the "piecemeal" argument isn't one of them. http/ftp downloads can also be slow or flaky at times as well.
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