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"Mika Latokartano" <mika.latokartano@REMOVETHIS.kolumbus.fi.invalid> wrote
in message news:d68fbq$25k$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi...
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> "Michael Cecil" <macecil@comcast.net> kirjoitti
> viestissä:5fcf81drthlvg18r1k27ha6mvmkths2rjf@4ax.com...
> > On Sun, 15 May 2005 19:24:59 GMT, Albert Conklin <aconklin@satx.rr.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Albert Conklin wrote:
> >>
> >>> Halbermensch wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Mirrors here:
> >>>>
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96624
> >>>>
> >>> Downloading now at 260+ KiL/bs via BitTorrent......Hope it works.
> >>> Albert
> >>Now down to 110 KiL/bs....:-(
> >
> > I was getting 450KBs while it was downloading. I figure that was mostly
> > because I'm fairly close (DFW) to Cheap Missions (Houston) from where it
> > was mainly being seeded. My upload speed is only about 30KBs though.
>
> I'm in Finland (not close to Jason's site
😉 ), but I got it down averaging
> near 700 kB/s. Now I'm seeding it on my laptop, currently showing 80
> downloaders, upstream close to 70 kB/s.
>
> I'm into the second mission, and I can tell you it was worth waiting for.
> It is stunning, simply awesome. It's got such an attention to detail, so
> many nice little surprises and changes, and a promise of a great story
> which, I have no doubt, will culminate in increasingly interesting and
> amazing missions. Even now, I'm completely sold. This if a new Thief
game.
> A fabulous, fantastic new Thief game. I'm in awe -- completely.
>
> - Mika L
Still dl'ing here apparently for another 3 hours, but it's getting better
all the time at now an average of 40 KiB/s.
Isn't torrent supposed to be faster or is it just more reliable for larger
files? (I never got into that what it is and does really).
Glad you're enjoying it and it was worth the wait.
--
Barnaby