Rogers and BitTorrent: another datapoint
James Knott
james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Oct 26 15:13:30 UTC 2006
D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> 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.
I've never used Bit Torrent, but downloading SUSE 10.1 from a mirror was
nowhere near that long. It might be an issue with BT. What happens if
you try going directly to a mirror?
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