[GLLUG] Broadband/cable provider [OT]

[Matthew Walster]

On 6 March 2013 12:55, James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't think you can generalise like that.
>

I can. I did.


> I have used bittorrent for all sorts of legal stuff.
>

AFAIK, the only mass-market legal use of BitTorrent is World of Warcraft
updates...


> Another thing I liked, was an old demon.net feature.
> You sent them an email, they downloaded the file for you, you then
> downloaded it locally from demon.
> I think they called the service "ftp via email".
> I have no idea if they still do it or not.


I'd hope not. There used to be an ISP in Nottingham that did the same.
Hopefully that went away a long time ago with the introduction of resumable
downloads and broadband connections.

M
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