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title: adsl redux
date: 2008-04-26
---

A [few years ago][adsl] I was amazed with the speed I could get from my
adsl connection and [bit torrents][torrent]. At the time 154 kbs was
brilliant!

Well, pulling down the new [ubuntu] and [xubuntu] iso images I managed
to see numbers about 600 kbs! Wowza!

![ubuntu torrent screen shot](2008-04-26.adsl_redux.webp "zoooom")

[adsl]: 2005-03-31.adsl.html
[torrent]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)
[ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com/
[xubuntu]: http://www.xubuntu.org/