I used torrents since the day they came out, mostly for tv shows and stuff that i didnt get from other sources. Torrents are weak unless you have seeders with minimum 1mbit up, but you usually want 5mbit up. I am using teh Bf2mod site right now at ~375KB\s. After 10minutes the torrent is fluctuating at 1-6KB\s.
I love the mod and the work you put in. But im afraid gloryhounds probably isnt the best Host/tracker-thing. I also imagine their game servers are lagging hard right now. Maybe if you throw it on mininova or thepiratebay you would get some proper speeds.
EDIT: I know the piracy conotations of those sites is better, but if you want your hard work to reach everyone at an optimum rate, they are the way to go.
It may be benificial to see who here has usenet access as well, because i would be glad to upload it there, with permission of course, i reach speeds of 7mbit there, which would mean a 10minute or less download time, most likely 6 minutes. and even with the free usenet access my previous isp granted me i reached 250-350KB/s no problem.
In the future when i may have a Server with more then monthly transfer i would gladly host future realeases for a limited time (say 5 days or so, depending on the bw). I got a great deal on dreamhosting from a slickdeals.net promo code.
The deal was $120/year pay the full year in advance. It is the 'sweet' dreams package on
http://www.dreamhost.com/shared/comparison.html . Notice the 1TB a month banddwith which goes up by 8gigs every week and the 20gig storage. Maybe its something to look into in the future. Or under donations. Im sure a couple of us with good jobs could get together and shell some dough for the next release. IF thats not doable then ill just host on the ftp for a bit.
EDIT 2: I negated to mention that servers like this are wicked fast.
EDIT 3: Thread that updates the promo code.
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread ... id=0#post0
I will also mention i am in no way affiliated to slickdeals or dreamhosting, and i dont even have hosting from them. I have a friend who does, and having used the server dont mind it. Its not very accomodating as far as control and security is concerned but it works good for simple things like basic file hosting.