Torrents vs Direct Download Links

Discussion in 'Science, Technology & Car Chat' started by SUSIE-DANG-1988, May 6, 2008.

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Torrents or Direct Download Links

  1. Torrents

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    15.0%
  2. DDL

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    45.8%
  3. Both

    60 vote(s)
    39.2%
  1. fearless_fx

    fearless_fx Eugooglizer

    meh, depends on your ISP. Mine has a 200 gb cap per month for downloading and they don't shape torrent traffic, so im pretty much good to go
     
  2. Kid

    Kid Well-Known Member

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    u'll piss off ur using using my isp
    they will limit ur torrent speed to 1-5kbps :p
    then sending u an email about they have "notice" you using torrent downloading legal stuff.

    i cant do much on torrent accept register a paid account for VPN service which adds more cost to internet :-/
     
  3. metzo

    metzo Well-Known Member

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    torrents for large bulk dls (like drama+ anime+ music)

    ddl for everything else =D But i hate it wen i use DDL for programs or wii/pc/psp games!! cause they freaking break the file up into like 40 diff rar files and since i dont have a VIP account for rapidshare and etc i cant dl em all at once...
     
  4. an0nymous

    an0nymous Well-Known Member

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    TORRENT TORRENT TORRENT

    its so much better. no restriction on how many to download at once. easier to manage. Evyerone helps out. i get 500kb/s + :)

    DDL is very slow if you're not are premiun user. i only get 50kb/s from sendspace and megaupload. :(
     
  5. buee09

    buee09 Member

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    Direct is better but sometimes Torrent can be fast.
     
  6. Aznmask

    Aznmask Well-Known Member

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    i like torrent beczu 99% illegal stuff are on torrent.. so only 1% of legal stuff is on direct download..
     
  7. metalzoa

    metalzoa Active Member

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    I like both except for direct download links where you have to download multiple parts.
     
  8. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    DDL because I can never be bothered to wait for seeders. Plus, awesome speed with MU (@ 300kb/s) and RS (@200kb/s), though their limit (and the cat thing) sucks majorly.

    That's why sometimes I love blogs which hosts their files on Mediafire and Zshare (unlimited download, though definitely slower than MU and RS)
     
  9. remyxed

    remyxed Member

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    I don't mind either but usually, I go for DDL on sites like MiHD because the speeds are insane even though the server's far away. Torrents become annoying when there's very little seeders and peers and yeah. Sometimes there are leechers, which makes it even worse.
     
  10. jechoi

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    I prefer torrents when the file is above 50MB. with DDL,it takes a lot of time as well as opening a lot of links in order to completely download it.
    Problem with torrent is that less seeders tends to become too slow on download. It very greatly on seeders
     
  11. fookjay07

    fookjay07 Well-Known Member

    i dont like torrent and don't use torrent to dl unless there is no other choice cos
    it some times takes sooooooo long to dl when your just sitting there waiting for it to be completed
     
  12. 小Yu咒

    小Yu咒 ♪♪♫很可愛~♥

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    i like both torrents & ddl.....both speed usually hit like +900kbps, and even 1.5mbps for ddl..

    and esp the function persistent seeders.....very handy when the torrent almost have no seeders at all (and no ddl)....i still manage too get it 100% complete....that totally rocks!

    only one thing...........i cant use them both at the same time -,- too mantain the max speed, its either one of them..zzz
     
  13. Phil

    Phil 香港 PA 社團 揸Fap 人

    lol i like DDL coz i dunno how to use BT , and that DDL is way faster !
     
  14. kosoke

    kosoke Active Member

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    Depending on the site you get your torrent. DDL can be very troublesome too. Sometimes it get stuck after 5+% download then you will have to re do all over again.

    Any suggestion on good Asian sites to pick up old mover torrent ?
     
  15. I personally prefer ddl (rapidshare)...torrent are very slow for me..like 12kb/s...takes days and days to finish downloading something.
     
  16. trangtwo

    trangtwo Well-Known Member

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    i like both. i just discovered torrents recently and they're great for downloading big files, like movies. all you have to do is let is dl in the background, and it doesn't slow down the computer. so you kind of forget about it and don't have to be impatient about it. and yeah its great when there are a lot of seeders. it sucks when it's an old file though. that's the only bad thing.

    ddl are good when you want to quickly dl something. but it sucks when you have to dl one at a time, or when there are limits like on stupid rapidshare. or sometimes the link expires due to inactivity or something.
     
  17. yiubun

    yiubun Well-Known Member

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    DDL are great *thumbs up* one reason I stay with PA
    but again torrents aint so bad either~ .. :S I leave my comp on thru the night for torrents
    DDLs for me is dl, watch, dl, watch ... more convienent in a way
     
  18. moonbear

    moonbear Member

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    both are good but torrents tend to be slower to download
    moon
     
  19. The_Jelly

    The_Jelly NSFW? :P

    He probably just reset his router or w/e to change his IP or he's using a premium link generator site. He didn't "hack" it. Believe me, it takes no effort on his part.
    You need to properly configure your BT client as well as choosing good torrents.
     
  20. nebz

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    direct download because its faster for me. i use bitcomet but it takes hrs!