why are downloads so fast

[irish66]

I guess the heading says it all.

[MoonMan]

Good internet connection? Multiple sources from which to download from? Files are on fast, reliable servers?

Is there anything specific you are wondering about it?

[mascott]

On your next bit torrent download, take a look at the Seeds & Peers amount. The Seeds are seeding and the peers or leeches are probably uploading as well. That's an awful lot of sources for your client to draw from and some trackers are better than others.

[irish66]

Thank you for replies.
But aren't Torrents ie getting files from somewhere like Demonoid, and Newsgroups ie getting files from usenet two completly different methods of downloading.
Actually Torrents are my least favourite method of getting stuff. You have to depend on seeders.
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[vishal_01]

torrents will be fast if ur on a good tracker e.g sct or ftn

[irish66]

What is a tracker.
Is Demonoid a tracker?
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[mascott]

Irish66 - Think of Trackers like traffic cops, they just direct the traffic that emanates from one source and goes to another. That same tracker can also direct and record the traffic from the new source (when you see you client uploading). I know of no tracker that has any 'copyrighted material' on it.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Why are people talking about torrents? This thread is about usenet!

[mascott]

Mels_Smiley45 - The Forum may have a title that reads Usenet, however many readers go beyond the title and read the thread along with specific questions which concern torrents. Then they try to help the person.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Mels_Smiley45 - The Forum may have a title that reads Usenet, however many readers go beyond the title and read the thread along with specific questions which concern torrents. Then they try to help the person.

No, you started your own topic about what you wanted to talk about in the wrong forum . You seem to think that filesharing means bittorrent and thats not what the poster was asking about.

This is the usenet forum and you brought up that he should check seeds, there are no seeds as such. Admit you screwed up and did not pay attention to what this person was asking! lol Your answer made no sense at all. You only confused the guy by going off topic. Its good to try to help but you provided the wrong answer. :icon_scra

[napho]

Invasion of the BitTorrent groupies. Now all we need is Firefox fans telling us how it rox0rs. :drunken_s

[irish66]

thanks for explanation.
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[irish66]

ah! so.
Right, The very helpful person was referring to Torrent trackers, wheras I was asking questions about newsgroups.
To misquote the opening of an old tv comedy series "Confused? you will be after reading this thread" :)
Who knows what comedy series I am referring to?
Answers on a postcard please to
The Bishop Of Durham
Texas
Hong Kong
Switzerland.

[mascott]

OK! I was in error. Sorry, some of you got offended, however, why didn't you help the gentleman?

[irish66]

Well i didn't get offended. Anyway someone mentioned fast servers, so i guess that's why newsgroups are so fast.
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[Oimer]

Yeah, fast servers do the trick.

[Shadowtester]

Yea a good Usenet provider can make all the difference I can max out my internet connection very easy and pretty much at will Usenet rocks.

[DwarfBaby]

Anyways, to answer the original question. Powerful tier 1 servers (like Giganews) sit directly on redundant multi-gigabit internet backbones making the only limitation your connection not theirs.

I have an 8 meg Comcast connection so I download files at a full 8 megs.
My friend in Seattle has a 16 meg connection so he gets 16 meg downloads.

Unlike filesharing networks, all Usenet files sit directly on these powerful servers therefore you will always download at maximum connection speed regardless of what you are downloading or how popular the file is.

I hope this helps.

[Shadowtester]

Anyways, to answer the original question. Powerful tier 1 servers (like Giganews) sit directly on redundant multi-gigabit internet backbones making the only limitation your connection not theirs.

I have an 8 meg Comcast connection so I download files at a full 8 megs.
My friend in Seattle has a 16 meg connection so he gets 16 meg downloads.

Unlike filesharing networks, all Usenet files sit directly on these powerful servers therefore you will always download at maximum connection speed regardless of what you are downloading or how popular the file is.

I hope this helps.

I would really help if you could get my crappy sbc/yahoo dsl which they claim to be up to 6 mbit but only averages around 1.6mbit to actually work at the providers claimed speed :icon_thum I know you have no control over that and why not use a different provider that is because that is the better choice in my area I guess it sucks to be me :icon_puke

[DwarfBaby]

I know the feeling

About 5 years ago I had DSL which they claimed "Up to" 1.5 megs. The connection never approached those numbers and during heavy traffic hours was only slightly better then dial-up.

While the service did improve I was still more then happy to jump ship once Comcast came to my area. They say my connection is 8 megs and they mean it.

[Shadowtester]

Well when my 1 year contract with yahoo expires I think I will try insightbb and see what kind of speed they have in my area might not be as cheap but also may not be as slow either.

[mandms]

I'd say that most of the time usenet gets high download speeds and/or faster than bittorrent speeds because there are less jumps between the user and the server especially if an individuals connection to usenet is provided by their ISP.

[rstefaniak@yahoo.co.uk]

hi every one i am just lerning all of this have not got much of a clue what are saying but i am sure i will learn

[irish66]

Thanks for all the replies. My own isp provider doesn't give acess to binary newsgroups.
I use giganews.
Lately though i decided to give rapidshare preuim a go. I'm now getting just as fast speeds through them.

[asymmetric]

I'd say that most of the time usenet gets high download speeds and/or faster than bittorrent speeds because there are less jumps between the user and the server especially if an individuals connection to usenet is provided by their ISP.

actually there are no servers in bittorrent involved in the transfer (excluding trackers, of course); and your connection to usenet is always direct, both if provided by your isp and with paid services (where direct is not to be taken literally, of course ;) )

[xguju]

i wish someone would teach me, i want a usenet system on my computer, but there are no thorough guides for it.

[sethhandler]

asymmetric lines are all that's available in the US :(

[Miniver]

i wish someone would teach me, i want a usenet system on my computer, but there are no thorough guides for it.

Check the guide in my sig.

[Zombieman123]

I dunno, I just don't think I should pay for something like usenet when I can can easily get the same file from bittorrent