After some thinkings, i 100% support 0.5 ratio.

I am using 2.5M ADSL so i understand how tedious for slow uploading.

i browse my old d/l history. Let's only talk about the DVD5 and DVD9 d/l. For me, the normal ratio is around 0.7 to 1. Sometimes even go way up to 2.5 . WHY? Because the download is SLOW. Slow = longer time upload = upload more. Moreover, NO SEED. Sometimes have to wait for seed to show up. I still remember some cases i wait for one or two weeks but the dxxn seed won't even show up and everybody stuck @ 95 or 98%. So for public server, slow d/l and no seed are common problems.

After i tried the ratio server, i notice first, FAST download. Before i never could finish one dvd5 within a day. No way. At least take me 2 days or 3 days. Second, LOTS OF SEEDS. i notice lots of movies have lots of seeds. some even have 20+ seeds.

So why people still upset about the ratio server?
It simple, because they need to seed.

For me, seeding do me nothing good.
1. waste bandwidth
2. waste computer uptime
3. waste power
4. slow all my online gameplay.
So when i use public server. i really seldom seed. i usually stop my bt when i finish d/l.

But if you think in another way. For both public and ratio server, your download time is about the same. For example, for public server, i need to spend 3 days download. But for ratio server, i need one days for download and two days for upload. So they both spend the same amount of time. The different is that for ratio server, you can enjoy your movie on the 2nd day . On the public server, you need to take risk of no seeds and you only can enjoy your movie one the 3rd or 4th day.

IMHO, if we lower the ratio. it will make us
1. slower download -- who cares about upload. people will stop uploading when they finish download or when they reach the low ratio.
2. No seed

But why people still argue for lower ratio?
Because they don't want to seed. They only want to download the movie and go. They don't care about other people. But they don't understand that fast download is driven by the 0.5 ratio. Just think, if we have 0.1 ratio, will you see that much seeds? will you have that FAST download?

Sorry for the long post. I am open for opinions.
thks