by Ratt » Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:06 pm
Whoops, I did misread the original post there. Thought it said "finish". Thank you Aaron.
But even then, it is not an impossible scenario, if there are only 10-20 sources or less: in that case a download really can take 5 hours (or more) to start, especially if you have no credits or no relevant credits (meaning, you have never uploaded anything before to the people who have the file you want). In general it can take a long while to get that first chunk (as the first chunks and the last chunks always take the longest: it is in the middle that the greatest speed is attained).
In other words, it depends on what he meant by "plenty".
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