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Eh, my internet is 1gbps, I can just download something else
the people you are downloading from usually don't have such speed tho
Doesn't matter when you download off of dozens at once. This is what torrents do.
cries in downloads such obscure stuff that I'm lucky if it has 2 or 3 seeds
That's why torrenting allows you to download different parts of the file from multiple people at the same time.
I have a 4gbit line, and while I usually use Usenet to download a lot of torrents still easily reach 2-3gbit up/down.