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Re: Put.io

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Post by notfed » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 3:27 AM UTC

tlongren wrote: post #5

esMazer wrote: post #2

what are they going to do when people download illegal torrents to it?

https://put.io/dmca

So...it's sort of like the same as downloading torrents only you pay them money and also there's people watching what you're downloading. Cool.

Re: Put.io

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Post by notfed » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 3:28 AM UTC

tlongren wrote: post #8

notfed wrote: post #7

"With put.io...you won't be hogging all the bandwidth." - How could this possibly save bandwidth?

No seeding from your home internet connection.

I don't understand--you can easily turn off seeding from your home internet connection with any torrent software.

Re: Put.io

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Post by alooPotato » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 3:31 AM UTC

any chance I'll be able to stream to my chromecast?

Re: Put.io

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Post by sachingulaya » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 3:33 AM UTC

notfed wrote: post #12

tlongren wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No seeding from your home internet connection.

I don't understand--you can easily turn off seeding from your home internet connection with any torrent software.

Many private rodent does require that you seed to remain in good standing.

Re: Put.io

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Post by RealGeek » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 3:35 AM UTC

I was disappointed by Put.io in the past, it over promised and under delivered. It seemed like an unstable app with very slow speeds. It looks like they have improved since I last used it, I will give it another try.

I use http://www.cloudload.com, it is a similar app and works like a charm.

Re: Put.io

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 3:39 AM UTC

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Re: Put.io

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Post by jamesaguilar » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 3:39 AM UTC

lowglow wrote: post #3

From the FAQ ( http://faq.put.io/ ): > Why are downloads from put.io to my computer slow? > Well the biggest factor is your location. Our servers are in Netherlands. - I guess this is why I torrent. :(

Gets 5 MB/s to me in CA.

Re: Put.io

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Post by tanga » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 3:40 AM UTC

I don't understand how this gonna work ? I pay them $0.99 to download files for me. Then how am I going to get it over to my machine ?

To get file(s) to my machine would it not cost me same bandwidth as it would if I were to download it myself in first place ?

Am I missing something ?

Re: Put.io

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Post by dmix » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 3:52 AM UTC

Does it support magnet links? This is an issue with remote servers hosting rtorrent.

Re: Put.io

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Post by tlongren » Tue, Feb 04, 2014, 3:53 AM UTC

dmix wrote: post #19

Does it support magnet links? This is an issue with remote servers hosting rtorrent.

Yah, it does.