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Old 2005-10-29, 06:48 AM
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Re: Back to the Newbie... Seeding question

I’m not 100% sure you have a problem.

Let’s say you start downloading a show and there are 50 people ahead of you. Let’s say they range from having 100% of the show to 50%. You have none, so, theoretically, you are leeching from all of them.

After you are at 100% it may be the case that only 10 more people, typically people who started downloading after you did, need the show. Only these 10 people will be connected to you.

So, you connected to 50 to get the show but once the majority of the “swarm” got the show you are only connected to the last few stragglers who came late to the game.

Sound plausible?

Rob
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