Re:P2P not living up to hype (Score 2)

BitTorrent doesn't favour leechers, quite the opposite. The more sharing, the better the better the result. It sounds like you were encountering a problem that is related more to the nature of some types of broadband internet connections than an inherent problem with BitTorrent. Home broadband connections are designed to download, not to upload, so when the upload is saturated, it usually brings the download to a standstill. I'm not sure why this is, but someone more knowledgeable than I can explain how this relates to the asynchronous nature of home broadband connections. Throttle your upstream, you'll find things work much better.