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Lv 5

Why does having a fast upload speed increase download speeds when using BitTorrents?

Update:

Hmm, alright. I thought it was more complicated than "If I can't have it neither can you". Occams razor wins again.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    It's the way BitTorrent balances traffic. If you don't do your part in helping seed, it cuts you off. It's to prevent people from downloading at maximum speed while uploading nothing.

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    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    dwnload and upload speeds additionally count on the torrent and the tracker not jus your computing device. if the torrent has a low wellness ( few seeds, many leechers ) the dwnload an upload speeds for each individual suffers. may additionally wanna verify to make effective your firewall application isnt blockading your torrent shopper

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