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I know bandwidth quotas are becoming a thing in North America, but they're getting worse in Australia - both upload and download usage is counted on fibre and A
by voltagex_ 11y ago
I know bandwidth quotas are becoming a thing in North America, but they're getting worse in Australia - both upload and download usage is counted on fibre and ADSL connections, and mobile (cell) metering has always worked that way.
I want to be a good seed, but not if it costs me hundreds of dollars a month.
- AnthonyMouse 11y agoIf you live in a country with excessive quotas (and you can't lobby your government to put a stop to it), you can always stop seeding after your ratio is 1:1 (or 2:1 if you're feeling generous), which should hardly have a huge effect on your bill. That's all the network needs to be healthy if everybody does it, and if you live in a country with a terrible quota you can leave making up for the jerks who don't seed at all to people who don't have that problem.
- cookiecaper 11y agoMost serious torrent users rent a "seedbox", which is a colocated system with rtorrent installed. You get access to at least 100Mb up and down and it's often unmetered. You seed everything from there. They can be reasonably cheap since multiple tenants can share the same hardware.
- voltagex_ 11y agoI don't want to have to rent a seedbox to get my weekly podcasts.