From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 13:06:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 976F816A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:06:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imo-d05.mx.aol.com (imo-d05.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DBE243D5D for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:06:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from TM4526@aol.com) Received: from TM4526@aol.com by imo-d05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id n.be.1b53fc11 (4320) for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:05:59 -0500 (EST) From: TM4526@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:05:59 EST To: questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5114 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Re: re bittorrent X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 13:06:09 -0000 In a message dated 11/8/04 2:22:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, freebsd@nbritton.org writes: >> Lets do the math... >> you'll note that http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/ at this moment >> says there's been 1978 completed downloads. >> Lets pick an arbitrary average size for each file downloaded: 388MB >> >> 388 * 1978 = 767.5GB >> >> 11/7@8:30PM: Now >> 11/6@5:00PM: Official availability of 5.3 >> ------------ >> 27.5 Hours >> >> 767.5 / 27.5 = 27.9GB/h / 60 = 465MB/m / 60 = 7.75MB/s Your "math" doesnt include the tremendous overhead associated with the protocol.... Of course anyone with an ISP that has a bandwidth management device, bittorrent (a cancerous protocol which wastes others bandwdith in the process of possibly saving yours) will likely either not work well or be very slow. No reputable organization would promote bittorrant for getting a release.