Mine started the same way (on a Windows 2000 machine). I downloaded this experimental client - http://ei.kefro.st/projects/btclient/ - which has some predefined settings for different connections. After using that version, I was averaging 220 KB down, 18 K up. Maybe give it a try. (I also buy boxed sets here and there, so I'm not a total mooch) HTH, Brian On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Todd Booher wrote: > My down on bittorrent has been 3-10k all night but my up averages 15k. > Did yours start off > at 250k or work it's way up? So much for my RHN subscription as well. > > Todd > > > ________________________________ > > From: Jarod Wilson [mailto:jcw@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:27 PM > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Wow, what bad speeds I'm getting from RHN... Queued up my download > before heading out the door earlier today. It crawled along at 5k/s and > died after 69MB. Now I'm getting 13k/s... > > Enter BitTorrent. Fired that up, got the RHL9 .torrent file, and off to > the races! Currently pulling over 250k/s (and pushing out 15k/s; cable > modem). Not exactly what Red Hat wants, I'm sure, since people who don't > have an RHN subscription can get it, but hey. I don't feel bad about it, > 'cuz I DO have an RHN subscription, and now I'm helping others get it > too (hopefully, they have RHN subs too :). > -- > Jarod Wilson, RHCE > <jcw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > "A wise man once said nothing at all." > bts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
