this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2024
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Image Alt Text: "After downloading a 2.5GB movie

Me: Presses play Movie unsupported file" A person is shown with eyes on her laptop punching the wall beside her, causing it to crack.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

the people you are downloading from usually don't have such speed tho

[–] cyberpunk007 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter when you download off of dozens at once. This is what torrents do.

[–] StorminNorman 5 points 10 months ago

cries in downloads such obscure stuff that I'm lucky if it has 2 or 3 seeds

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I have a 4gbit line, and while I usually use Usenet to download a lot of torrents still easily reach 2-3gbit up/down.