Comments on: Faster Uploads Key to Improving BitTorrent Efficiency

By: anthony

anthony — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:58:27 +0000

A very insightful article, and something I haven’t thought about enough. You’ve highlighted a serious issue: when it is resolved, it will be a sign that the internet has finally matured.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:05:50 +0000

and i get nothing back. if i change it to say 100kb/s i get nothing back.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:04:06 +0000

its true i download at like 3kb/s (not because of my internet speed/service) and people upload off me at a limit of 20kb/s (all i allow, not made of money)

By: azazello.

azazello. — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:57:29 +0000

Hi!Q
Great site!

By: F1dge

F1dge — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:29:04 +0000

i have an 8meg connection. My problem is the upload never goes above 50KB even though i have it set to use 240KB so is this affecting my download speed, currently get about 90+KB?

By: Demon-boy

Demon-boy — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:58:42 +0000

“Faster Uploads Key to Improving BitTorrent Efficiency” – newsflash from the No Shit, Sherlock department. Talk about stating the bleedin’ obvious.

By: Neil Townsend

Neil Townsend — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:57:55 +0000

The real reason upstream bandwidth is generally limited is for both technical and financial reasons. Upstream bandwidth is more expesnive than downstream bandwidth partly as you cant cache it at all but simply because of the way that ISPs peer with each other in the data centres. Many routes into your network but only 1 route out so to speak. Routes out mean more companies to peer with which means more cost. This cost is passed onto the end suer in the form of caps. Additionally most home internet conenctions are asyncronous by nature and the hardware cant uplaod as fast as it can download. You want a synchronous connection try and look up a leased line. 10mbit in my area for a 6km line will cost you around Â£10k/annum rent from BT/C&W. Fait bit more than your Â£20 month isnt it :)

By: Cartoons Fans Lounge

Cartoons Fans Lounge — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:57:37 +0000

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By: avilon.eu » Blog Archive » Shortnews vom 29. Dezember: Gmail’s Mail Fetcher, BitTorrent Efficiency Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:49:35 +0000 [...] Bittorrent – Warum es langsamer ist als FTP und HTTP [...] By: Hal Hal — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:16:21 +0000 I think with ADSL, if they increase your upload bandwidth, they have to decrease your download bandwidth. That means that the “big” number the ISP quotes in its advertising gets smaller, and the ISP looks worse compared to the competition. Not enough people are using bittorrent (yet) to make it a sales point, that you might actually get higher BT speeds by making this change. P.S. Greed is never an explanation, because everyone is greedy. Saying that someone does so-and-so because he is greedy is like saying he does it because he breathes air.