Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> - Downloaders try to download from the fastest uploader [from their
> location on the network].

No, downloaders download from multiple uploaders. Not from "the" fastest. 
And I don't think torrent clients care about "location on the network" yet.

> - But wait! This torrent has 450 seeders and 3 downloaders. And I
> sometimes see 200 KB/sec from a single seeder, so... why THE HELL is any
> peer going to download from me at a piffling 40 KB/sec when there are
> peers out there at least 5x faster?

Because downloading from 10 seeders who have 40KB/s will get them the file 
fast. The "5x faster" peer isn't fast at all if there are already 30 users 
downloading from it!

I have the fastest plan my ISP has, and I seed at 20KB/s. Like, constantly; 
not random peaks. And I seem to get pretty good download speed.

I have used BitTorrent from a 128kbit upstream connection with little 
trouble.

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