Mon, Feb 23rd, 2009 |
Aside from having a really fast, non-filtered broadband connection, there are a few ways you can speed up your BitTorrent downloads through simple tweaks. The MakeUseOf blog runs down a few of them.
The MakeUseOf poster prefers Windows client uTorrent for its manageability and efficiencty—as do we, and our readers—but most of their tricks can be tackled in any torrent grabber...
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