(OT) Bit Torrent usage ...

[K. Richard Pixley]

Mike McCarty wrote:

> As I said, my ADSL modem reports downstream connectivity at
> 894 Kbps or so. That corresponds to 110 KBps or so. I'm
> actually getting 60-70 KBps download rate. That's pretty
> much saturation, I think. I don't see how using more than
> one source would increase the download rate, when my modem
> is already just about saturated.

You're right.  It wouldn't.  If your downlink is already saturated, then 
it won't change your download speeds.

For me, it's rarely faster than a single, uninterrupted, server 
available download.

--rich