12 replies to this topic

[frankie4fingers]

Fcuk knows what other people are using but i've had broadband for a few months now and am totally used to it. I'm on holiday in Newcastle at the mo and staying at my cousins house, where she only has dial-up. I can't believe how long it takes for the home page to load up, as well as log in as i'm on a different computer. I know people still cry about broadband but when you compare it to dial-up, there really is nothing to shout about.

[Pgamblin]

12mb all the way baby yeah !

[Bencrest]

576kbit is adequate for downloading 2x 4.4gb DVDRs, and plenty of MP3s per week. For the price [compared to dial up - IF you get it from a good supplier but unlimited for less than £25] than theres no reason not to get it

Don't forget that on BT Broadband 512kbit Basic [£19.99 a month?], you couldn't even download A QUARTER of a DVD before your bandwidth for the month was up [you get 1gb ber month, I download at least 2gb per day ]

BarcrestBenito

[flyer]

i am on 1mb now and i think the price as come down along way.i could never go back to 56k.i was on 56k for 2 weeks after moving house and waiting for the line to be done.what a piece of crap it is now days you can pay £5 more than dial up and get broadband.

[WARNEZ]

Where do you guys normally download good quality movies from?

It is probably better to use PM, as I dont want to break any board rules.




WARNEZ :wink:

[Gablaholic]

sittin on a nice 3 meg broadband here............
downloaded 23 movies this week and numerous games/albums ect..........stick yer dial-up back up its copper 56k pipe.lol
(testing home 5 mege at mo....and 10 after xmas...............wayyyyyyyyyyyyy)

Can u elaborate please? Testing home 5 meg?? Where from ??!

Stuck on ADSL 2mb at the moment as not in a cabled area, but need a fatter pipe for all those dvd-r's and dvd games....

[DaemonX]

Most places can download loads of stuff quickly... helps if you offer something too.

Just offer some of what you have (EG SERVE) and you don't get queue problems, my mate was in position 48 of 160 last week, estimated time til download 4 1/2 days

He now serves and is in the top 3 people to download most of the time
(Queue jumping is annoying but fun hehe)

[RB]

i use a 100MB pipe at work...now thats speed..burn to dvd from internet...

Emule seems a slightly faster P2P than BT for me.......(less congested)

[Bencrest]

Note to Mods/Admins - if this is turning into a Warez type thread, feel free to abyss it

try googling SUPRNOVA

for the biggest instant downloads of anything that,l go on a cd/dvdr

Don't pay for anything called SUPRNOVA TORRENTS/SUPERNOVA - the proper one is easy to spot as it doesn't ask for any payments

Oh, and while BitTorrent may seem congested, the way the download and upload process works is stunning, yet simple!

I share a file, and someone decides to download. The subsequent downloader then downloads the start of that file from both myself and the subsequent downloader, who hasn't even finished downloading. For sharing a large file without a huge upstream bandwidth commitment from the original supplier, it CAN'T be beaten. I have to agree though, I rarely get more than 30kb/s on a large DVDR download, while on DC or KR I often get say 40>67kb/s.

Oh, and did I forget to mention that AFAIK all BitTorrent clients are NOT Spyware/Adware supported? No nasty popup-adding software is installed aswell, unlike stuff like Flashget, KaZaA, Grokster, e.t.c

BarcrestBenito