Downloading the 4GB DVD iso

[Chris Kloiber]

On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 23:23, Till wrote:
> On 29/04/04 00:21 Craig Emery Squawked:
> 
> > On 28/04/04 15:12, Henry Hartley wrote:
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Robert La Ferla [mailto:robertlaferla at comcast.net] 
> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:59 AM
> >>>>
> >>>>What are the best ways to download the 4GB DVD iso image on
> >>>>Windows?  I tried the torrent but it was too slow.
> > 
> > Surely if enough people here, used BitTorrent to "serve" the DVD iso, 
> > you'd get it in no time?
> > 
> > Craig
> 
> You'd think so, but I've never had BitTorrent do
> better than 20kb/s on cable, which is painfully
> slow :(

I generally use the bittorrent client at  http://bittornado.com/ This
client lets you tune the amount of upload bandwidth (mid-transfer) you
wish to allow and I find that if I am not surfing I can often fill my
downstream (350k/sec) on popular torrents if I am willing to upload with
the whole 42k/sec my provider allows. To achieve this, you must not be
behind a firewall (or open the ports necessary). Behind some firewalls
it will still function, but only very slowly. (you will see a yellow
icon when this is the case)

-- 
Chris Kloiber