upload ratio help

[amyjia]

Would anyone have more suggestions on seedboxes to use if you are in different places like the US?

[cp2000]

@amyjia I researched them for awhile and landed on seedhost.eu and have been extremely pleased with the price and service.

[A Former User]

@cp2000 it was indeed the cheapest seedbox i managed to research, i haven't bought a subscription tho. does it really offer 2TB of storage and 3TB of traffic for just 6 euros? it sounds scammy lol

[cp2000]

@ianfontinell-0 100% legit... no problems at all... I started with the 2tb 3tb upload... fixed my problem right away but then I bought more Upload data alacarte which u can do up to 10tb i think.... i did that once then i just finally upgraded to the 2tb 25tb upload which fits me perfectly. the slots were limited tho i think they created one more slot just for me because i whined about it hah.

[cp2000]

@ianfontinell-0 my seedhost Qbittorent just downloaded a 10.69 GiB file in under a minute lol. Thing doesnt fuck around.

[amyjia]

The seedhost.eu is asking for payment in Euros. Does it actually have to be Euros or can you use credit card, paypal?

[cp2000]

@amyjia just use paypal as normal it does all the conversion within it... it was a bit different than i had seen paypal logos were up in the corner of the payment thing but it was legit and the service was immediate. do one time pay not subscription unless you intend on the subscription

[cp2000]

@ianfontinell-0 btw... they are so chill that after you use up your data it STILL lets you upload just like lowered I think the highest i saw was 10MiB upload after my data ran out. I basically got 3TB of free upload from them.

[thor9023]

https://dediseedbox.com was only $5 for me, first time purchase was $5 off the price
they also have unlimited traffic. I can't comparing it to other severs but I felt like it worked great, downloading anything I wanted to keep was really easy too.

@amyjia I'm in the usa and use this seed box it works fine for me

[frostycab]

What have I started??? At this rate I'm going to have to start asking all these SB companies for kickbacks! LOL

Just a couple of things to remember:

• Use the SB primarily for high-demand torrents, whether you want them personally or not. If you're grabbing something for yourself but there's little demand from other peers then you're better off downloading it directly and using the SB space for more popular files.

• Keep track of when your SB subscription ends and plan accordingly. If you have loads of stuff on there that you want to keep then make sure you allow yourself enough time to FTP it all to your local storage..

Interesting to see some boxes still working once you've passed your traffic limit. Might be worth a look at the terms and conditions to see exactly what they say and whether there's a second limit that cuts off completely or if the throttle you or whatever. I must admit that know just how much traffic you can generate I would only ever get a box with unlimited traffic.

I came across this too. I don't know if it's up to date or accurate, but some of you might find it useful if you choose to try:

[thor9023]

yay I did it!! I hit vip

[thor9023]

I feel dumb I thought 1.0 ratio makes someone VIP

[Rapsey]

@thor9023 It's explained in the FAQ: Why do you have different user classes? & How to ascend toward another user class:

Power User
This step is automated as well, after you meet 3 criteria:

• You have been a member on our site for at least 4 weeks
• You must have uploaded >40 GB
• Your ratio is >1.05

VIP User
This Step does not come automatically, it comes like a present. But there is at least one way not to reach this goal: apply with an admin for this promotion.

[thor9023]

@Rapsey-0 Shortly after making this assumption I got the automated message saying I'm now a power user, I confused power user (having a ratio over 1.0) for being a vip

[frostycab]

@thor9023 Glad you got there/ Plus you still have, what, another 3 and a half weeks left of your seedbox?

[thor9023]

@frostycab yeah about that, I might just keep it running till I reach like 10.0 ratio something absurdly high

[cp2000]

@thor9023 my favorite part of seedbox and fixing my ratio is now i can just download anything I want even if i Just want to check it out unsure if i will like it.

before I used to have to carefully calculate and pick and choose.

gamechanger.

[frostycab]

@thor9023 said in upload ratio help:

@frostycab yeah about that, I might just keep it running till I reach like 10.0 ratio something absurdly high

While I wouldn't say not to do it, there was a discussion somewhere in the forums a long time ago about how much is too much when it comes to ratios.

There were some well though out arguments in there, but I seem to remember the best practice was agreed to be that while "artificial" methods like seedboxes give you a boost, once you've got a healthy download buffer then enjoy that and just seed normally. This shares seeding more effectively with other users who do also need to maintain their own ratios.

For example, I have a ratio of 1.172 right now. That means I have a download buffer of over 53TB. That represents about 40% of all my downloads over the last 17 years. If you look at it another way, if I keep up the same average amount of downloading and never upload so much as a single byte that buffer would last me another 7 years before I drop to my minimum 0.8. As such, there's no real benefit to putting effort into boosting my ratio.

Like I said, there's nothing stopping you going for the record if you like, but in reality there's not much point in chasing ratio just for the sake of it.

[frostygrin]

@frostycab

The buffer is only what's above 1 though. Going lower will limit the number of torrents you can leech simultaneously - meaning you can't seed them all either - making it even harder to maintain ratio.

[frostycab]

@frostygrin I think you might have things a bit mixed up, though I'm willing to listen if you think I'm wrong about the following....

The buffer is how much you can download before you reach your own minimum ratio, which is never higher than 0.8.

Your total download on the site is used to set your Base Daily Limit for downloads. You also get extra download slots which are calculated by multiplying that BDL by how far you are above your minimum ratio. By the time you've downloaded more than 800Gb from the site your BDL is already 100, plus your extras for the ratio bonus, plus extras if you've uploaded in the past.... I doubt there are many people downloading that many torrents each and every day, even with a seedbox.

What I was trying to say is that a seedbox is a great tool for fixing a poor ratio, and for giving yourself breathing room, but people shouldn't feel like they need to chase ridiculously high ratios just for the sake of it. It's better to put yourself in a good position, and then if you have things that you want to seed then you can still seed them without the use of a seedbox, and saving some money in the process.