This year I‘ll be able to upgrade to 25/25Gbps and I‘m planning on using at least 20Gbps for seeding 24/7. Is any maintainer of private trackers interested in inviting me?
25/25Gbps
Damn! I can’t even comprehend such speeds.
I have no idea what you smoked, but 25Gbps (Gigabits per second) is 3.125GBps (Gigabytes per second)
How much will you be paying for a 25Gbps connection? And where do you live for these speeds to be available? Where I live 1Gbps is the max since a few years ago and costs 80€.
Can’t help you with private trackers except recommending taking the invite for RED/OPS. TL sometimes does open signups and is solid for english content. MAM has a friendly and active community, so I definitly recommend joining them (if you’re interested in books/audiobooks).
In Switzerland, the ISP Init7 is offering all their connections for CHF 777.- (USD 861.-) per year and you just get the maximum speed, which is currently 25/25Gbps. This provider is well known for fighting for net neutrality and being against any censorships or mass surveillance. I just love them very much and wish that other countries would have such awesome ISP‘s as well.
Be carefull, the ISP may be well-meaning to torrenting, however that doesnt change that technically, uploading unlicensed content is not legal in switzerland.
As well as breaking other laws (by downloading/spreading extremist content for example) can get you in trouble still.
*Apparently it seems that in switzerland Games for example are in a different legal category from a Movie and such and are technically also illegal to upload. Though I dont really think rhant a private person just suddenly gets into major trouble because of this.
Thanks for the heads up. I am well aware of this. Obviously I would try not to get too much attention and would probably block all Swiss clients from accessing my server. Having legal issues internationally at that scale without any money involved is unlikely. But that‘s just my hypothesis.
Edit: only because I‘m a pirate does not mean I have no moral values. I would never want to distribute heavily illegal content. Only copyrighted content.
Seems like they are using CGNAT, which means you won’t be able to connect to some peers who are also not connectable due to both closed ports. One must open their port to establish connections.
They can surely remove you from CGNAT but for extra cost. I think paying for seedbox is much cheaper.
Bandwidth is one part… Storage is theother and usually you have less storage than bandwidth anyways.
There are actually three parts:
- Bandwidth
- Space
- Personality/engagement with community
You can have number 1 and 2 but still piss off an admin and get banned for 3.
Oh I‘m not inexperienced in that area, so I absolutely know what you mean. I just kind of lost the connection to that scene.
Of course. I hope you can find a new connection to that scene. It sounds like you’re a reasonable person with a decent attitude, so you shouldn’t have too much trouble with admins, I wouldn’t think. Most admins I’ve dealt with are pretty fair, even if they’re not the most… amicable, let’s say.
Bandwidth has literally never been a problem on any tracker. BitTorrent made bandwidth concerns obsolete over 20 years ago, as long as files are well-seeded.
You will have to pay your dues like everybody else.
Glad to hear that bandwidth is no issue anymore. Then I use my bandwidth for something else :)
Yes, you should enjoy it! But it will not get you any invites. Which, incidentally, you should not be asking for in public forums. It’s frowned upon. A lot.
sorry bud but no one is gonna invite you. since you are gonna up your speeds the best you can do is join RED through their interview and race till you reach Torrent Master or Elite Torrent Master and then get into other trackers through their official invite forums.
Thanks for the hint. Have been out of the game for 15 years and kinda lost all my contacts, since I was mainly using usenet the past few years
well usenet is a fairly better option too right (if you are in top usenet indexers)? why are you trying to move to private trackers now?
Not everyone is able to afford subscriptions of indexers and hosters. I just would like to contribute to the community with what I have.
Do you want to supplement your usenet sources? If so, what type of content/language are you looking for? Do you have any proof like screenshots of the old times left?
Things that should be answered before anyone would consider giving away an invite, because that is also a liability.
Yeah, I will keep on using usenet and just would use torrent as a supplement or additional source. Mainly only interested in movies/shows and games. But to be honest, I don‘t mind seeding other stuff for a couple of weeks, but will eventually have to delete it to save some space for the things I really want.
Maybe there are some screenshots on some old IDE drives or chatlogs of IRC, but I‘d have to invest a lot of time with low chances of finding something useful. So please, don’t trust me blindly. I know that trust has to be built first and that private communities can be fragile at times. So your questions are very valid and relatable :)
Coudn’t they start their own private tracker? With the requisite blackjack and hookers?
Technically yes, but I don‘t have the nerve and time to manage it properly and I wouldn’t want to host a mediocre service. Also legal stuff etc is making many things complicated.
