fxpansion using BitTorrent to their advantage

e-cue · 9th December 2007

http://www.fxpansion.com/index.php?page=51&tab=146

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Originally Posted by WEBSITE

Yes, you've read that right. You can help us ease the strain on the content server by downloading and seeding the bonus content by using any BitTorrent client. We like this one: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ To acquire the torrent files, simply goto Products -> Guru -> Extra Audio Content If a direct download link is not available, simply download the torrent file an alternative link. We're going to have a handful of seeds running for the next month until the bonus content is "out there", at which point we'll leave it to you to spread the joy. NOTE: We cannot provide technical support for using BitTorrent technology. The torrent files are provided "as is".

Discuss.

Brian! · 9th December 2007

Recommending Azereus over uTorrent is a crime

Stiff · 9th December 2007

I don't know what's there to discuss? It worked fine for me thumbsup

GGreen · 10th December 2007

We recommended Azureus simply because its nice and obvious and easy to use.

Its also on mac and pc and yes it can be a bit hoggy as its java based but if people know a better client or prefer a different one then they can certainly use any they choose.

We have to assume that some people dont know what or how to use bittorrent and for those people azureus is very simple to learn.

We decided to use torrents for a very simple reason letting thousands of users download 3 or so gig of free extra content would have ended up costing us a fortune in bandwidth costs.

Torrents original use was to enable exactly this type of 'legal' sharing and for that it works incredibly well it is of no real surprise that its use has spread so massively among the file sharing communities.

Its almost a shame that the word torrent implies warez these days because it makes company's wary of using it for legitimate purposes to. However we think its a perfectly acceptable way of distributing content like this.

Our users have embraced this methodology and im sure we will be using it again in the future for similiar tasks.

Cheers

Gareth

9th December 2007	#3
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9th December 2007	#2
Brian! Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,116	Recommending Azereus over uTorrent is a crime

10th December 2007	#4
GGreen Gear addict Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 476	We recommended Azureus simply because its nice and obvious and easy to use. Its also on mac and pc and yes it can be a bit hoggy as its java based but if people know a better client or prefer a different one then they can certainly use any they choose. We have to assume that some people dont know what or how to use bittorrent and for those people azureus is very simple to learn. We decided to use torrents for a very simple reason letting thousands of users download 3 or so gig of free extra content would have ended up costing us a fortune in bandwidth costs. Torrents original use was to enable exactly this type of 'legal' sharing and for that it works incredibly well it is of no real surprise that its use has spread so massively among the file sharing communities. Its almost a shame that the word torrent implies warez these days because it makes company's wary of using it for legitimate purposes to. However we think its a perfectly acceptable way of distributing content like this. Our users have embraced this methodology and im sure we will be using it again in the future for similiar tasks. Cheers Gareth