bit torrents

[EmmaJ]

can anyone explain how bit torrents etc work? iv just gone to suprnova.org and iv no idea where to start!

[TEAK36]

I have recently started using BitTorrent and what I did first was to download the BitTorrent software you can find on various sites (I think I downloaded it from BitTorrent.com).Once this is done,all you have to do is use Suprnova.org,or any other torrent site,to search for and download any files you want.I have used it several times, and I am just about getting the hang of it.I only use BitTorrent for the more popular downloads I want,because I find that you get a much better download speed than with the usual P2P programs.

[Mattk]

bit torrent does take some getting used to but is worth it.basically u download from a 'seed' the more 'seeds' each download has the more places are hosting it and the faster it will download

[EmmaJ]

okay so iv jst downloaded the software from bittornado.com and it seems to be working but its taken 13hrs to download 97% of a 174.32MiB file surely thats stupidly slow? its only averaging 3kB/s download rate!

[mkjuk]

Why would we need to go to supernova site - is it not as good to just search in the bit torrent search bar?