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Old 02-20-2010, 07:58 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by rageguy View Post
1000+ connections configured on a BT client, on your typical Vancouver internet connection is...unwise. you'll probably lose a lot of potential speed both up and down. Remember, the number of connection does not correlate with the download speed. More is not often better. You will over saturate your available bandwidth, and experience in a decrease of speed.

Based on my personal experience, I downloaded 12 torrents of some popular media, with over 150 seeders each, from a private torrent tracker. No problems at all.
try downloading BT at full bandwidth and streaming HD content + file transfers throughout the network and see if your router still works
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