[Xastir] torrents and xastir

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Gerry Creager wrote:

> We have some folks who don't have a lot of bandwidth, so a Torrent might be 
> useful to them to retrieve stuff, but that's speculation.  Overall, 
> repositories in the conventional sense might be better/easier to
> maintain.

What about when one user has a whole lot of data but a limited pipe
heading out?  I think I have 800kbits up/3Mbits down.  A torrent
might be a good way to get the data out there, eventually.

The sheer volume involved in CD's or DVD's containing images is
daunting, i.e. DRG's and DOQQ's.

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