[BNM] [OT] bittorrent app prefs

[Dominic Mitchell]

Paul Howard wrote:
> On 5/14/06, Simon Early <simon.early at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Looking for a Bittorrent thing (never used one before, so easy to use
>> a must) so I can download loads of films and porn. trouble is, i only
>> have 56k modem upstream, so I want a bittorrent where i can download
>> loads real fast but only upload a paltry 56k.
>>
>> which one is best?
> 
> I always use azureus [1]. It's java based which some people won't like but
> it's very easy to use and so far I've never had a problem with it. Works on
> all platforms too.

I'll second that.  Not only does it play well with my UPNP router (no 
need to set up port forwarding), it also has very good bandwidth 
controls, so you can say "download as fast as you like, but restrict 
uploads".

However, bear in mind that BitTorrent is based around the idea of 
sharing, so you might not get the expected speeds when you're uploading 
so little...

-Dom