February 12th, 2019
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 | Airhead | | Join Date: October 18th, 2004 Location: Perth, Australia
Posts: 889
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Originally Posted by Lord of the Rings  Keep in mind not everybody has a fast internet connection particularly for uploads. Download speeds depends on the upload capacities and upload bandwidth the uploader has remaining. | Exactly. I'm still on a sh!tty ADSL2+ connection & my upload maxes out at ~80kB/s.
So, if I'm the only person hosting a file, nobody can ever download faster than my max upload speed. And if 2 people want the same file - halve the speed. Because of my cr@p speed, I've got my upload slots set to 3.
But some people might not configure their client to suit their bandwidth & so could have maximum uploads set at 20 (just for example) when that's way too much for their connection to handle.
That's why I think it's worth trying to find files at different times of day (some people leave a client running 24/7, I don't) because files in your search horizon will change. Likewise, connecting to new ultrapeers changes the scope of your searches.
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