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Originally posted by XoloxDude1
If everybody does everything, wouldn't this kind of slow down the network? For instance, I'm on DSL (100KB/s down, 15KB/s up). 15KB/s is more than regular modems, but still isn't alot considering the files which can be sent. Whenever I'm uploading alot, it affects my download speed considerably.
In light of the critics about how slow download speed are, have you identified or found any solutions to it? I'm up on 3 days on a download, when surely, I should be done by now.
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There is no doubt that the Gnutella system less efficient than a server or supernode based system. That weakness, however, is also a strength because of the lack of infrastructure it is nearly impossible to shut down and there are no infrastrure costs.
So Napster was more efficient but it also was targeted and killed off. Sometimes efficientcy comes with a different price.
Higher bandwidth users are less likely to notice this problem than lower bandwidth users and at 15k/s for uploads, you're not exactly burning up the rubber.
Perhaps you should consider switching to cable if they are about the same price in your area. At least my uploads go to 50k/s or so.