So as far as I understand, this service basically just equates to a way to download torrents faster. Sometimes much faster, but still, that doesn't seem super important. Also, can someone explain to me what kind of torrents people would actually use this for? They seem to have a huge emphasis on videos, but they also say that they don't allow copyrighted content. Maybe I just don't know much about torrents (I mostly use them for things like downloading Ubuntu), but I don't understand what kind of legal videos people would be torrenting so frequently that they need this.
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#82It seems as though the primary use case being discussed and implied is torrenting of media that is not legal (however ethical you feel it may be) to torrent in many countries. Please remember that when you do so, you weaken the case the rest of us have against the same laws you're ignoring, against DRM, against intrusions into our privacy, and against unfair ISP practices.
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#83How is it different from http://boxopus.com/ , boxopus at least has a free tier , put.io doesn't.
Doesn't anymore. They had one then closed it down saying that: "it didn't work out for them". I guess it was good enough when they were new.
I'm curious how they made it on top of HN today. They are not new, the concept is not new. Nothing is really innovative about it. Still they are topic No. 1 today.
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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?
DreamHost's DreamObjects is pretty interesting -- it's much cheaper, and implements the S3 protocol so it's (mostly) a drop-in replacement.
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#85How is it different from http://boxopus.com/ , boxopus at least has a free tier , put.io doesn't.
Well it looks like a cool service, not sure how to sign up though ? I don't have a facebook account and there is a link to use email instead that doesn't seem to work.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
Usenet is like 16+ MB/s What is the point of this?
One advantage is to instantly stream video files for most torrents. If someone else on put.io downloaded a given torrent before you, it's available for streaming in mp4 immediately (and that's the case for most torrents I've added to put.io)
That is only going to work for a lower quality feed though. Even the best streams from netflix are not as good as an actual 720p high bitrate video. You would need to be able to stream at a consistent 6 mb/s minimum to even start to stream at even 720. If you want a low quality video like what you are talking about you can literally download it in like 1 minute at 16 mb/s so there is really very little reason to stream at all.
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#89Somebody tell these guys to use mandatory encryption with all their staff internal communications. Would have saved Megaupload a lot of hassle
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#90No word about security hah. I'd expect it ! Will "NSA"/etc know what torrents I downloaded?