Comments on: BitTyrant – the new

By: napho

napho — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Maybe it improves speed if for whatever reason you’re not coming close to your max speed.

By: J_C_R_BOY

J_C_R_BOY — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I think MY big question is what is upload speed like once download is complete? Does it selfishly horde the file or does it toss its algorithms out the window once download is complete? I personally enjoy watching things as I download them but when it takes 60 mins to download a 30-minute episode it can get a little frustrating

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It doesn’t monitor the algorithm once a DL is done and merely operates according to the regular “seed” settings that you select in the options menu.

also:

“What’s also interesting to point is that with Azureus you have the option of throttling the UL speeds PER/torrent tracker. By using BitTyrant you then get a maximized DL speed based on that THROTTLED UL speed.”

By: meyou123

meyou123 — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This would be GREAT for PUBLIC trackers…but I think it will be BANNED by private BT sites. If everyone on a private site used this the files would go incredibly slow…because this client would be choosing who to download from and so it could spoell trouble for ther people trying to get their ratio up by upping a file…a file that could be rejected by this client for whatever reason.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Well it bases your contribution om their contribution ie if you’re sending it 30kB/s and it sends u anything less then it will find someone who has more to offer.

If you’re merely seeding it wont matter BitTyrant will like u because u give and ask for nothing in return.

Where its kind of messed up is when it comes to your connection speed. If you have a lower UL speed than somebody else running BitTyrant you’ll be rejected in favor of somebody who has a better speed to offer.

Thus those running say DSL or dial-up will be passed over in favor of those with a broadband connection.

This is good for the people with broadband connections like myself but bad for all of those with lower UL speeds.

and yes my test of a download off a public torrent tracker was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

By: meyou123

meyou123 — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Well if it acts that way then I can also see people getting upset about it. I have cable but what if someone came along with a T3 connection for example? Then I would be screwed and it would prefer them over me. And if a LOT of people used this client it would all really depend on who had the fastest connection as to who benifited the most. Not a good recipie for fairness where it really needs to be fair on private trackers.

So I can see people getting upset about this. I have already read the Oink and a few other private sites have already banned this client. So I guess it is already starting to be banned from private trackers.

What makes torrents so great is that it makes everyone contribute…no matter their connection. Like I said the only thing I think it would be really good on is public trackers.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

yeah I agree. Private Trackers already have decent DL speeds so theres no real need

Plus yeah you’d start having segregated file-sharing and the DSL dial-up guys would be sitting at the back of the P2P bus. Not very cool.

Hadnt read that OINK had banned it will have to take a look.

By: Winston84Smith

Winston84Smith — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

As a uploader with a 10/10 Mbit connection I have to say that I like the concept .
There are people out there with 10Mbit down and 128Kbits up .
Why shouldn’t they be placed in the back of the bus ? That is nearly selfishness by design.
Often I have uploaded 10 times !!! before I even complete it myself That is hardly fair is it ?
It should also show you that I’m NOT a “leecher” or cheater
I don’t mind sharing my upload but I often find that I’m unable to upload as much as I take to/from the other
peers with good connections because somebody is leeching most of my bandwidth and doesn’t give the same back ..
And people DO leech on “private” trackers on some of them you can even PAY (bribe) the site-owners for a permit to do so ..

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

some interesting points……..just glad I have broadband…..:)

By: meyou123

meyou123 — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@Winston48Smith….the problem with your analogy is that you think that if most people had this they would benifit. But I simply do not think that would be the case It would be the few people with the fastest connections that would be the winners. Where is the fairness in that?