Bit Torrents

[Wah!wah!]

I've just recently discovered torrent sites, after downloading Matrix reloaded from suprnova.org (which is now down). Alot of the other sites I have tried either time out when BT download starts or the site itself cannot be displayed.

Is this a common problem? & can anyone recommend good torrent sites for movies, games etc.

[Ma5t3rM1nD]

Well their has been quite a few topics about this and a lot of the bittronnet websites have gone down because of a certain pirated file.
http://torrents.slash0.org/
http://bittorrent.bounceme.net/
http://www.torrentse.cx/
http://www.supernova.org
Are all websites I use which are all down right now I haven't had bitronnet for too long and that's why the list is so small :( .

[Kriz]

http://www.btsites.tk/

Huge list of bittorrent sites there

[Wah!wah!]

Originally posted by nWa Th3 NeW GeN3rAtIoN@28 May 2003 - 10:41
"Well their has been quite a few topics about this and a lot of the bittronnet websites have gone down because of a certain pirated file. "

I take it by this you mean the the matrix reloaded, apparently there's been a few articles about the matrix producers flexing their corprate muscle & getting these sites shut down. Typical! I just discover Torrent sites and the bastards shut them down.

Dark days ahead for file sharing?

[PB Montgolfier]

http://www.torrents.co.uk/new_bt/index.php

This site is UK based and is online just now.

[PB Montgolfier]

This site is also still online

http://wwww.hotfire.net/

[NotoriousBIC]

http://www.0-mile.com/ (http://www.0-mile.com/torrents/) is also still online.

Funny how only the big sites are being affected and the small ones just keep on going...

[3RA1N1AC]

Originally posted by PB Montgolfier@28 May 2003 - 10:45
This site is also still online

http://wwww.hotfire.net/
the problem is, most of the movie torrents (not sure about the other torrents, i didn't check) on Ground Zero a.k.a. hotfire are from torrentse.cx. so the torrent files don't actually do anything.

[PB Montgolfier]

Originally posted by 3RA1N1AC+29 May 2003 - 10:04--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (3RA1N1AC @ 29 May 2003 - 10:04)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--PB Montgolfier@28 May 2003 - 10:45
This site is also still online

http://wwww.hotfire.net/
the problem is, most of the movie torrents (not sure about the other torrents, i didn&#39;t check) on Ground Zero a.k.a. hotfire are from torrentse.cx. so the torrent files don&#39;t actually do anything. [/b][/quote]
I didn&#39;t know that. I am getting Bruce Almighty just now. I started it from the UK site I posted first and it is still working. I have 19 peers and 16 seeds just now, so it should be ok for the full download.

I don&#39;t get great speeds because my upload is capped at 128k

[sam71]

Your upload does not matter, but someone else upload does&#33; if you can up at say 1mbit and the other dude is only 128k don&#39;t expect to get faster then 12-13k/sec thought. but the other dude would be getting 100k/sec while you going :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: slow turtle hehe. its like a 69 sort of thing, you know. you rub my back, i rub your back LMAO&#33;&#33;&#33;

[PB Montgolfier]

Originally posted by sam71@29 May 2003 - 19:50
Your upload does not matter, but someone else upload does&#33; if you can up at say 1mbit and the other dude is only 128k don&#39;t expect to get faster then 12-13k/sec thought. but the other dude would be getting 100k/sec while you going :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: slow turtle hehe. its like a 69 sort of thing, you know. you rub my back, i rub your back LMAO&#33;&#33;&#33;
With Bittorrent your upload does matter. The faster you upload the faster you are allowed to download. That&#39;s the way the system works. As I can only upload at max 15k/sec then on average that is the max I can download at. It doesn&#39;t work the same way as Kazaa, it&#39;s more similar to eMule in this respect.

Someone on 128kb will never get 100k/sec, no matter how fast I am. They will max at about 15k/sec

[callum]

I don&#39;t think your upload matters much. My upload max is about 13kb and my download is on average around 60kb.