I recently discovered the joy of using DC++ on Resnet. At the University of Waterloo we have bandwidth restrictions on our Internet connections (in residence). Basically, we can download 3.5 GB every 7 days. If you download things on the internal network, however, it doesn’t count towards your limit. For the longest time I used the “normal” methods of finding and getting things on our network. It was okay for a while, but you really can’t find that much because most students are not sharing any files. Then comes DC++…
DC++ has been around for a long time. It’s similar to IRC in that you have channels (or hubs) in which you can connect to and chat. You can also share your files with other people, and in turn you can get files from other people. I found out that there’s a hub created for UW’s Resnet. The hub’s address is “uwdc.rednine.org”. You need to at least share you DC++ downloads folder, as well as set your max (upload) slots to 5 (/slot 5), or else you’ll face a 10 mins ban. I’ve gotten a lot of TV shows and stuff from there, and if you download from people in your subnet (UWP, V1, etc.) you’ll get faster transfers. I’ve downloaded a lot of videos at 600 KB/s transfer speed. :)
