When you have finished downloading a file, BitComet automatically switches to only uploading (called “seeding) that torrent. A ratio above 1.0 means that I've uploaded more than I've downloaded. A ratio of 1:1, or 1.0, means that I have uploaded as much as I have downloaded.

If my ratio is 0.5, then I have downloaded twice as much as I have uploaded. It can be expressed as a true ratio, “1:3”, but is frequently expressed as a decimal number “0.75”. The comparison of the amount you have downloaded, to the amount you have uploaded, is called your “upload/download ratio”, or often just “ratio”. It's important that you give at least as much as you take.ĭue to the asymmetrical speed of most broadband connections, downloads tend to outpace uploads. For this reason, its survival depends on you to do your share as well. The community is dependent on the willingness of people to share and to keep sharing. Torrents come from people like you who decide to share them. Your download speed will be determined by where you fit in this spectrum of available peers, which is mostly determined by your own upload bandwidth. Each piece transfer is a MUTUAL decision, so clients tend to find their own level of speed and reliability - fastest connects with fastest, slowest with slowest. These clients, collectively called “the swarm”, transfer pieces among themselves and algorithmically seek the fastest, most reliable connections they can get, to swap pieces with. When your client obtains a “piece” of a torrent's file, it is required to share or trade that piece with other clients who are transferring the same torrent. Those who cannot or do not want to upload cannot use BitTorrent.

The nature of the BitTorrent protocol enforces and requires uploading.

This is required by the BitTorrent protocol, and while you can configure your client not to upload, doing so will cause your download speed to drop to approximately zero. You are uploading when you are downloading. BitTorrent is different because it moves data in both directions all of the time. Most HTTP or FTP file transfers, stream data in one direction – from a file server to you. Transferring a file via the BitTorrent protocol is unlike other file transfer methods you may have used.

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