Bit Torrent

Joel · Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula

ADSL 512...will prob upgrade to 24mb adsl2 next year. My exchange is being upgraded soon for it....so that will fly. Atm, it's out of my price range, because until the gf finishes uni I'm paying for the net.

punkologist · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:33 pm

ok, I'm a bit torrent user here is some advise.

I use bit comet client, really easy to setup and use.

the torrent sites i use are www.torrentspy.com www.mininova.org www.torrentreactor.net

to get the best results choose the torrents with the most seeds (people -with 100% of the file that are sharing) I have been skrewed before when all the peers dropped off and there was about 300 peers that could not get the rest of the file. Also it works faster the more seeds there are and also the more you upload.

Recently via torrents I have seen:

seasons 1 and 2 of Entourage (i highly recommend this show)
1 and half way through season 2 of Prison Break (once again highly recommended)
Family guy season 5
Southpark season 9
American dad seasons 1 and 2
Firefly (series that spawned the movie Serenity)
Veronica Mars season 2
etc......

Joel · Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula

...and you think for yourself?

I guess just because people watch TV they can't think for themselves. Yeah, that logic makes sense.

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

which tv shows in particular? most of them insult people's intelligence... how could someone be brainwashed by Neighbours?

MagpieMad · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:43 pm

hmmmm, mags looks to have found some good weed lately........... Wink

I use BitComet, my d/l speed seems to top out at about 100kb/s, I read somewhere that torrents use a ticket system, the longer you are connected and the more you share the more tickets you recieve, more tickets more bandwidth.
I like http://torrentspy.com/ because it has a browserble index, searching is lame Smile

can't find many footy clips on torrents Sad

Joel · Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula

I had a go at it, using Azureus. Works well. Didn't take too long to download a 1.4gb file (a few hours...not too bad).

piedys · Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:10 pm

Hugor · Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Location: Perth

Thought I'd add a few of my own tips.
Been using utorrent for a couple of years and its awesome. I don't think it matters what client you use however just the quality of your torrent file.
I find it best to download at night when the europeans and americans come on board. Its also allows you to use your off peak bandwidth this way and so double your downloads on most plans. utorrent allows you to schedule it to start after midnight but I'm sure most of the others do also. It also allows you to see what country your downloading from which is cool when your bored.

Favourite search engine is isohunt.com and torrenttyphoon.com but there are loads.

Yes most torrent clients speed up the longer your on line because it it tracks more seeds. utorrent cycles every 20 mins or so through loads of sites finding them.

As for the stoner...the comment of not sharing his download secrets is as intelligent as most of his other arguments. The more people online leeching and seeding, the better it is for everybody.

Joel · Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula

Any good shows worth having a look at that we haven't seen over here yet?

HAL · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:31 pm

No I don't think there are any.

Eunos · Joined: 07 Feb 2004

Joel · Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula

I thiknk I saw and advert for Black White somewhere. Might have to look into it. Cheers.

favourites 2008 · The Machine Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Location: Mooroolbark

def try http://aussietorrents.com/vb/index.php

i love it the people are so hopeful and they seed for you fantastic site contains most afl games in dvd quality.

Joel · Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula

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