It's so slow it's killing me !

I'm fairly new to bittorent etc - been downloading Houston 77 for 23 hours now and still only 30% through ... can anyone (please) give me a simple explanation ??
thanks in advance
G

You've been waiting 23 hours just for that? (Scoffs) Purlease!

Hey - I know it will be well worth it in the end -just wish there was an easier way (and no ebay does not count !)

"... been amazing the folks on the lower floor"

Do as you wish.

ok .... so what's your better idea .... really pray tell .....

If you are on a dial up modem then switch to cable. I think it only took me 8 hours to get Houston.

There are people who waited years to get Houston, let alone 23 hours...;-)

I'll say this semi-affectionately: Quit Your Bitchin'.

This download is 4 Gig, It is massive.

It took me a week to download it, because my Windows 98 SE computer kept crashing due to incompatibilities with Bittorrent.

Does anyone know of a torrent program that runs well with Win 98 SE?????

Actually I'm using DSL - but thanks everyone for their "knowlegdable" inputs !


Keep yourself alive !

If you're on a 56 kBit Modem that works perfectly and continuously it – theoretically – will take you about 271 hours to download the whole file. If you are connected by cable or DSL or whatever broadband device it will take much less time – about a few hours I'd say – but that's only if you're the only one downloading and there's a mega fast connection seeding the file continuously. So be prepared that it will last somewhat from 2 to 7 days. Given somebody is seeding all the time.

My download was lasting for 4 days and I'm on a superfast broadband connection.

Be patient!
Nummer2

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Graeme_c wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Actually I'm using DSL - but thanks everyone for their "knowlegdable" inputs !


Keep yourself alive ![/QUOTE]
First off try switching to Azaureus for torrent sharing (I found it to be faster for me), also, I'm guessing you are using a router, so if you are, you will probably have to perform Port Forwarding to get maximum use of your sharing program. Go into google search and type in "how to perform port forwarding" and you should find a guide to walk you through the process.

Hope this helps.

P.S. keep thick skinned in this forum, some people
can be vicious here. ; )

But some people (as me) has waiting years for see this show. Some hours isn't so bad.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Graeme_c wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'm fairly new to bittorent etc - been downloading Houston 77 for 23 hours now and still only 30% through ... can anyone (please) give me a simple explanation ??
thanks in advance
G[/QUOTE] could be due to lack of seeders, as mine took 5 days

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Graeme_c wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'm fairly new to bittorent etc - been downloading Houston 77 for 23 hours now and still only 30% through ... can anyone (please) give me a simple explanation ??
thanks in advance
G[/QUOTE]

Fucking WAIT then. Hey i got 66.6% And I have been waiting 1 week and and half.