Here we'll try to convince You 'Why torrents are better (to use) than direct downloads' and how is it better in general. Direct downloads arent ever safer or faster. They're fine for 'regular' files but anything you could also torrent should be torrented. Also, torrenting allows stop/start, better safety, higher speeds, more diversity, etc. Why is the torrent download speed higher than that. Do I consume the same amount of data in a direct download or a torrent. Why is torrenting faster than.
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Flair your question after you've submitted it. Category filters. A normal download is usually just pulling the file from a single location/server.
Since the server is doing tons of other things at the same time you're downloading the file, it can only dedicate so much bandwidth to use for transferring the file to you. Torrents pull from multiple locations. There may be 20 people with the file you're downloading on their computer. The torrent client pulls bits of the file from each of these computers. This way if one computer is super busy, you won't get slowed down as much by the lack of bandwidth from that one computer. The torrent will just pull more from the other sources it is using to download the file. The download speed you manage to attain on something is dependent on two factors:.
The speed of your connection. The speed the computer(s) on the other end will let you download. Bittorrent: You're downloading from lots of computers simultaneously. Depending on the amount of seeders and leechers (and the ratio thereof), your speed can vary a lot. Generally, more people means faster speeds.
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Newsgroups (Usenet): You're essentially downloading files from your own ISP or whatever paid service you use, so your download speed will usually be whatever your connection can handle. The web: You're downloading a file from a single source. Usually, websites or web services limit the speed at which people can download files, in order to limit the strain on their servers.