newbie: how to get a 1:1 ratio with a 20000/512 Kbit ADSL?

[crespo80]

Hi, I'm new to the torrent world and I didn't find any good answer to this question.

I think you all have DSL symmetric lines in the US or other countries, with an equal bandwidth for downloads and uploads, so it's easy to maintain a good ratio on the private trackers when being downloading/uploading 24/7.

But here in italy, a symmetric XDSL line costs like 10 times an asymmetryc ADSL, so I'm stuck with 1000 Kbyte of real download speed and only 50 Kbyte of real upload speed.

So, if I download 50GB worth of files in a single day, I have to seed them for almost 2 weeks to gain a 1:1 ratio and have the ability to download again!

Do you think torrent is not meant for ADSL at all or there's something I'm not thinking of?

[DreadWingKnight]

I think you all have DSL symmetric lines in the US or other countries

The shortlist of people with symmetric lines doesn't include the US and is VERY short.

[crespo80]

Ok, I didn't know that, so what am I missing?

The problem arises because I have to download 4/5 files a week and they are huge 8/10GB ones.

I previously used emule for my p2p sharing and downloading, and I thought it was too low on the downloading, so I wanted to join the torrent world for its promise (fullfilled) of high speeds.

But I see that the only useful method here would be to heavily limit my download bandwith so it can be only a little more over the upload rate, thus allowing me to maintain a 1:1 ratio all the time without the fear of being banned from the serious trackers, but also heavily limiting the amount of content downloaded.

Is this the only way to proceed?

[DreadWingKnight]

Ratio enforcement trackers ultimately are the root cause of your problem.

Not much you can do except either limit how fast you download or limit how often you download IF you continue to use such sites for your torrents.

[crespo80]

Ok, I understand, so limiting the download is the only way for not being a leecher, thanks for you kind answer