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Re:Popcorn-app by notimetorelax on Sunday March 16, 2014 @06:54PM (#7411763)
This may be true, but on my network it takes less than 5 minutes to download a 2GB file and 20 minutes to have 200% upload. I usually stop uploading after that. Now if I were to use Popcorn Movie I'd be uploading for much longer period.
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Re:Popcorn-app by spoiler on Sunday March 16, 2014 @07:14PM (#7411855)
In most countries, your average Internet consumer can't achieve the speeds you described, though. Also, the download-to-upload rate is significantly higher.

For example, my peak download speed is 5Mbits while the upload speed peaks at 0.6Mbits. That's on one of the more expensive packages, too.

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Re:Popcorn-app by redwall_hp on Sunday March 16, 2014 @07:10PM (#7411830)
And some people have networks where constantly seeding an entire thing—be it a movie or a Linux distro—is not feasible. When you have 3mbps down/1mbps up DSL, it's going to saturate your upload if you leave it unchecked, and still have a very negative impact even if you throttle.
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Re:Popcorn-app by mrtree on Monday March 17, 2014 @07:03AM (#7414319)
Exactly, people seem to forget the usage patterns.
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