Bandwidth Hog
Dec02
One of the problems with Bittorrent is that it can have a real negative effect on connect speeds.
Not that I’d have any experience with that…
↓ Transcript
Rocky scowls, gets up and goes to knock on Ace's door.
Rocky: Ace? You decent?
Ace: Yeah. Come in.
Rocky: Do you think we might save on bandwidth if I gave you access to my music and porn collection?
Rocky: Ace? You decent?
Ace: Yeah. Come in.
Rocky: Do you think we might save on bandwidth if I gave you access to my music and porn collection?
Well I have.
Back when Anime was more a “cult following” than mainstream, and most were only fan-subtitled in English instead of having their own entire TV channels dedicated to them… and before streaming video was common, Bittorrent was how I got most of my anime. Not because I was too cheap to rent, but because otherwise there was so little available.
I rarely us my bittorrent client anymore, and always try to go through more legitimate channels first before resorting to the grey-legal.
But hey, sometimes my favourite show on Netflix is only licensed in one country, which I am not in, otherwise airing on one TV network only in said same country, and all promises of a VPN letting you watch anything from anywhere fall flat.
Having a fallback source is necessary sometimes.
You can always limit the bandwidth that BitTorrent used. I used to set it to about 80% of my internet bandwidth so that there was always something to spare. Of course, this was back before we were commonly streaming video.
VPN’s only change the apparent location of your system to the nation the servers are located in. They let you stream anything…. as long as it’s available in that country.
If you’re careful with where your VPN is located, or use multiple VPN’s for different streaming services, you should get everything you want.
Why is this page censor-blurred? Everybody’s dressed.
They use the P-word which is NSFW.
I wondered if it was because the artwork on Rocky’s wall features a bikini that turns transparent when wet (not the most practical swimwear, that’s for sure).