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Miscellaneous => Programming & Networking => Topic started by: davidnix71 on 29 April 2009, 05:24

Title: Great speeds for torrents
Post by: davidnix71 on 29 April 2009, 05:24

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090428/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_cablevision_broadband (http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090428/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_cablevision_broadband)

Over 100mb down and 15 up.

Just think of all the stuff that can be passed around now. (A)

Title: Re: Great speeds for torrents
Post by: Refalm on 29 April 2009, 14:56

Hah, that kind of speed doesn't mean Torrents are going to be fast ;)

I have a friend working at a cable company, and they offer 120 Mbit/s down & 10 Mbit/s up.
However, they cap torrent traffic, not because of anti-piracy issues, but because Torrent traffic aggressively destroys bandwith.

Downloading thru newsgroups is a-okay by them, the cable company employees even provide their own newsgroup server.

Btw, I can have 120 Mbit/s down if I paid