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   Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 11:09:43 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
   Fiber or BitTorrent being typically 10× faster than even HTTP to CDNs.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 11:16:46 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • lauren n. liberda
     @selfisekai Could make sense that said BitTorrent is slow so would only be worth it for obscene packages like chromium.
     
     For things like ISO images on the other hand… BitTorrent it all.
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     lauren n. liberda (selfisekai@social.hackerspace.pl)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 11:16:48 JST lauren n. liberda

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     @lanodan honestly, we should add support for it in package managers

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     Ignas Kiela (ignaloidas@not.acu.lt)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 12:29:22 JST Ignas Kiela

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     @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me tbh kinda depends, I max out my 100Mb fiber with HTTP CDNs fairly frequently.
     
     But I downloaded stuff frequently enough to warrant 1Gb fiber, that would likely change.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 12:34:05 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Ignas Kiela
     @ignaloidas IIRC I have theoretical 1Gbps down, in practice HTTP usually goes at 3~5MB/s and I've never more than 20MB/s peak. Meanwhile BitTorrent often goes at 30MB/s but at that speed it's a bit hard to really measure without downloading something really big.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 19:10:13 JST 翠星石

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     @lanodan HTTP and TCP is pretty inefficient, plus big web hosts typically cap the download speed per connection I believe.
     
     Bittorrent is an efficient raging waterfall of UDP packets from a bunch of computers, so of course it's 10x faster.
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