08-18-2004, 08:56 PM
Quote:I HATE Bit torrent.
I doubt you hate bittorrent. You probably aren't set up properly, so it's frustrating. BitTorrent is a beautiful, ingenious protocol; Blizzard's implementation of it is quite poor. The last downloader was much better.
Luckily, there's a way around the current problems.
Torrent file for Patch
That appears to be a valid torrent, and the file size matches, although you never can trust a non-blizzard file. I'm going to tempt fate when it finishes downloading... Using a third party BitTorrent client, you can set you upstream to whatever you like, which will in turn cause your download speed to increase. The key here is to have a properly working BitTorrent client, that is properly routed and what not. Routing is key -- my DLINK router automatically forwards BitTorrent ports by default (what a wonderful device).
Good news is that I'm getting over 150k/s downloading, and my upload speed is capped at around 40k/s, so I won't saturate my upstream (causing poor download speeds). My line is capable of uploading at nearly 80k/s, but I have to leave some for the other net users in the house...
Good luck with your downloading.
"Yay! We did it!"
"Who are you?"
"Um, uh... just ... a guy." *flee*
"Who are you?"
"Um, uh... just ... a guy." *flee*