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Re: Put.io

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Post by GigabyteCoin »

xerophtye wrote: post #55

Umm... maybe i am misunderstanding their service, but i fail to see the point. With put.io, a server can torrent the file for me. And then... i stream it from the server... So, my pc still needs that gigabits of transfer, at my usual net speed. Where was the gain? Couldn't i have used the same time to torrent it? In fact i would have to torrent it ONCE, but with put.io i have to stream (and thus effectively download…

If I understand this correctly...

You're paying 0.99/mo to ensure that you get top speeds of all torrents downloaded all the time.

Sometimes you can't get the best seeder because more powerful seeders are taking your priority. put.io is always that more powerful seeder.

Re: Put.io

#62

Post by msoad »

xerophtye wrote: post #55

Umm... maybe i am misunderstanding their service, but i fail to see the point. With put.io, a server can torrent the file for me. And then... i stream it from the server... So, my pc still needs that gigabits of transfer, at my usual net speed. Where was the gain? Couldn't i have used the same time to torrent it? In fact i would have to torrent it ONCE, but with put.io i have to stream (and thus effectively download…

The point is, if you use torrent your ISP will detect is and in best scenario it will slow down your connection.

Source: Comcast and Time Warner Cable did this to me.

Re: Put.io

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Post by pekk »

I see this as a mechanism for diffusing liability. Users who would otherwise be legally liable for seeding copyrighted content can instead use put.io, which "seeds" for them without their involvement and just lets them download as if they were only leeching.

As long as nobody gets a legal beatdown for using put.io...

Re: Put.io

#64

Post by ferongr »

>Huge torrents are hard to get

I'm not sure about this claim. From personal experience using ADSL, a 3G USB stick, my uni's 100Mbps connection back in the day and lowly 128k ISDN, I'd say that a torrent can either saturate one's connection with a healthy swarm or be slow as molasses due to the lack of seeds. I'm not sure how a seedbox can bypass the inherent mode of operation of the Bittorent protocol.

Re: Put.io

#65

Post by foobarqux »

jonknee wrote: post #35
paulbaumgart wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazon's S3, which presumably has scale advantages over put.io, charges $80/TB/month just for storage. put.io charges only 60% of that with data transfer included. Based on that, I doubt your wishes will come true any time soon.

S3 is one of the most expensive ways to store and transfer stuff though. Not to say the original poster could find that pricing, but if S3 is your benchmark you can save a lot of money.

Can you name some good alternatives?

Re: Put.io

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Post by foobarqux »

cloudwalking wrote: post #59
xerophtye wrote: post #55

Umm... maybe i am misunderstanding their service, but i fail to see the point. With put.io, a server can torrent the file for me. And then... i stream it from the server... So, my pc still needs that gigabits of transfer, at my usual net speed. Where was the gain? Couldn't i have used the same time to torrent it? In fact i would have to torrent it ONCE, but with put.io i have to stream (and thus effectively download…

- You don't need to seed. - Your ISP won't throttle your torrent packets.

You can also stream immediately without waiting for the torrent to complete.

Re: Put.io

#67

Post by cloudwalking »

msoad wrote: post #62
xerophtye wrote: post #55

Umm... maybe i am misunderstanding their service, but i fail to see the point. With put.io, a server can torrent the file for me. And then... i stream it from the server... So, my pc still needs that gigabits of transfer, at my usual net speed. Where was the gain? Couldn't i have used the same time to torrent it? In fact i would have to torrent it ONCE, but with put.io i have to stream (and thus effectively download…

The point is, if you use torrent your ISP will detect is and in best scenario it will slow down your connection. Source: Comcast and Time Warner Cable did this to me.

As an aside, you should always force packet encryption and randomize your torrent port. That should help with throttling.

Re: Put.io

#69

Post by notastartup »

This is great but how long until it gets shut down by RIAA or it's posse crew members and the founder gets slapped with a huge fine? If anything they should operate in a country where US does not have a good expedition treaty.
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