Why are torrents so popular??
 

Maybe I'm a moron.. I don't really keep up on this stuff but every once and awhile there's something I want to check out and so I try to download a torrent.. Maybe half a dozen times total.. couple different pieces of software... and every time it's been sllooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww...

well depends how many seeds there are and some isp's are throttling torrent ports but just check out some of the porn torrent sites and you'll see there is a huge problem with too much free shit on torrents. its about the only way people can download full dvds for free unless they get on usenet which most average users don't understand how to use.

For the non-idiot who knows what they're doing, torrents are fast, free and plentiful.

I download every TV show I watch, usually a few hours after its broadcast in high def commercial free.

Any movie I want to see I can have on DVD the next day, a lot of the times before it's out on video.

Xbox and ps2, I can grab any game anytime.


Thats why :)

you gotta find one with alot'a seeds...

if its not popular, you'll have a hard time downloading it...

torrents are brilliant I use them for games movies and software why pay for something when its free? But I also like to moan about the porn side of it because it takes money from me, So I love it and hate it. Speeds can be slow but try to tweak the settings in the preferences on your client and that sometimes speeds things up also you need a lot of seeders

because they get shit for free and dont have to pay for any of it minus a small monthly fee to the all you can eat content buffet. hollywood movies, music, you name its free.

got any tips for this idiot? my isp tries to stop people from downloading torrents, i notice when i download them i'll get disconnected from my cable connection and often its very slow.

What is this fee you speak of? :upsidedow

Btw if you want to see what your max speed is visit www.zudeo.com and pick one of the more popular videos. Ive downloaded a 923mb video in less than 7 minutes.

Try Azureus as a client @ http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php and make sure you enable the settings to avoid 'traffic shaping' by enabling the settings mentioned here.

yes azureus is pretty good,i use it every day.torrents are popular because they are very fast and also FREE !

torrents are easy to find and free

Because they go fast and you dont have to wait hours before they start downloading =D

free = theivery btw.

you have to modify your router to open a port...i get like min 200kb/s when downloading

So all you guys are fine with people stealing content as long as its not (your) porn?

Thats a wee tad hypocritical.

Is any further opinion needed?

:upsidedow