Rogers and BitTorrent: another datapoint

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

I've just finished downloading Fedora Core 6 for x86_64 and i386.  The 
former I downloaded the my Rogers Extreme connection, the latter through 
my ADSL connection.

The ADSL connection is pretty bad: I'm far enough from the CO that they've 
throttled it way down to make it reliable.

Even so, both downloards took about the same time (~36 hours, if I 
remember correctly).  True, the ADSL's dowload was about 10% smaller).  
Both times seem pretty bad.

I don't know what to do about Rogers and Bit Torrent.  They advertised a 
faster connection if I paid $100 for the modem.  But when it matters, it 
is actually slower.  Much slower.  I wonder if there is a lawsuit waiting 
to happen.
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