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Does 'seeding' torrents cost you ? Can 'seeding' be disabled ? If yes, how ?
06-24-2014, 11:14 AM
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Does 'seeding' torrents cost you ? Can 'seeding' be disabled ? If yes, how ?
I don't know much about this, but I think 'seeding' a torrent means you are sharing the files you have downloaded using torrents, with other people who want this file. This means that you are using your internet connection and your available bandwidth to share files on your PC with other people. And obviously this is going to cost you. Am I correct ? Is there a way to disable this seeding ? If yes, how ?

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06-24-2014, 11:27 AM
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It will cost you. You can disable seeding by using preferences or by removing the torrent file from torrent client just after download. You can limit upload speed when downloading but it will reduce your download speed as well.

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06-24-2014, 11:35 AM
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Yes it does take bandwidth but if you have an unlimited internet plan it is not going to make a difference. However if you want to disable it , right click on the torrent then Bandwidth allocation then you'd want to click on 'set upload limit' and reduce it to 1kbps which is equal to nill. And if you are done downloading the file then simply click stop to stop the upload.

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06-24-2014, 11:41 AM
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if you seeding files from torrent, they will reduced your internet bandwith. you can stop the files when your finish for downloading. i hope my answer can help you.
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06-24-2014, 11:45 AM
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In addition to what other posted, if you block seeding, many programs will reduce your download speed.

Also people like you are the reason that torrents are slow to download or impossible to download
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06-24-2014, 12:01 PM
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Please don't do this.

There will be no seeder, no uploader, no file, and nothing will be left.
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06-24-2014, 12:03 PM
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You downloaded the file from a seeder, which is someone who was kind enough to share it with you and everyone else who wants it. It use to be good internet etiquette to share 3 times as much as you download.

Once you download the file or even part of it you become a seeder yourself, this is to increase the speed at which you, and everyone else, can download the file.

If you leave your torrent program running it will continue seeding forever until you close the program or remove the file from your list. If you remove the file before sharing it then you wasted someone else's time and internet bandwidth and slow everyone else's download down. You can only share at 1/10th of your download speed so it is very difficult even when you leave the program running to reach a data cap that would cost extra money on your part. Downloading the files in the first place is what will cost you.

Sharing a lot of old files might increase your response lag and really slow your computer down with extra process running so it is definitely useful to clear your lists and close the program but please try to share a little first.
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