While I agree that Gnutella hogs bandwidth, I disagree as to the extent that it sucks it up. I routinely download files 2,3,4 or more at a time at rates consistantly at or above 35Kbs - all of them (ADSL). Admitedley I could achieve nowhere near this performance with dial up service. My biggest peeve about Gnutella is that there is no way to stop the search once you have found what you are looking for - more unecessary bandwidth hogging:)
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While I agree that Gnutella hogs bandwidth, I disagree as to the extent that it sucks it up. I routinely download files 2,3,4 or more at a time at rates consistantly at or above 35Kbs - all of them (ADSL). Admitedley I could achieve nowhere near this performance with dial up service. My biggest peeve about Gnutella is that there is no way to stop the search once you have found what you are looking for - more unecessary bandwidth hogging :)