BitComet 1.05
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License | Free | |
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| Downloads | 70,505,236  |
Requirements | Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista | |
| Publisher | BitComet | File size | 4.96MB | |
| Date added | October 10, 2008 | Alternate download links... | ||
Better, but still BAD!! Does not seed when downloading!
02-Jul-2005 01:48:40 AM
Reviewer: Assi9
Pros: Low on resources, some nice features that you can tweak to your liking. Good download speeds and faster with a little tweaking.
Cons: I like this client don't get me wrong but it has a major flaw. When you try to seed something and have two other downloads going, it will not upload! Not even if you have the spare u/l bandwidth! I'm asking for a ban on this client if they don't fix this. With two torrents going, it's fine. And with four going which aren't finished, it's fine. So it is good in that it shares more when downloading. But when it makes a seed, it cuts it off and seeds are the main thing Bit Torrents need!!! No wonder I connect to twenty seeds and only one uploads to me.
Also, I experimented around and found that it lets you download faster by limiting you upload per torrent to very low speeds. This isn't good either. It should be the other way around. AND I'm not talking about my total upload, I had plenty to spare. Sorry for leeching, but I'm going to keep using this client AND Azureus 2.3.0.4 because once you open a seed in azureus, it actually seeds. And I'm a releaser and want files to get shared. It doesn't matter what priority you put the seed at either so don't recommend that misinformation.
The worse thing IMHO is that the default connection settings are terrible. Automatically detect means "act like BitLord." Makes me wonder who is in control of these clients anymore.
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07-Sep-2005 03:03:49 PM
Reviewer: Shadow Jack
BitLord uses the BitComet engine, so the last remark would be more accurate if it said "BitLord acts like Bitcomet".
I dropped both BitLoard and BitComet and went back to Azureus. I think both of the clients degrade the performance of a swarm. They might make it look like they work faster, but with so many leechers using it, they actually slow downloads down. I installed the 'stuffer' plugin into Azureus to automatically ban them and i use some manual 'kick and ban', to get around the client spoofing.
Don't know if it will discourage many of using leechmode, but i can try.
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