Exclusive torrent trackers, notoriously difficult to access. When they are accepting registrations, usually a person who is currently in the group will have to ask them and, in many cases, even complete an interview to indicate that they understand what they are talking about. The moment you log in, there are always incredibly strict protocols related to maintaining your upload and download ratio – for example, you must have uploaded no less than the amount of data you have downloaded, and usually more. Everyone should know that this can be difficult to achieve with common trackers, but is infinitely more difficult with exclusive types. Fortunately, you can make a huge improvement if you get some kind of seed box.
A seedbox is simply a hosting server that you just rented and running a bittorrent application that can be viewed through a web user interface. You will transfer torrent files to it and it will connect to the swarm and download the file to your local drive. You can then access it yourself by simply connecting using the file transfer protocol and downloading it. However, the seedbox will continue to seed your torrent once it has finished downloading it. That’s where it will come into play with regard to helping you in proportion.
A seedbox will connect to the online world through an extremely high bandwidth connection. Which means that torrents are not only downloaded quickly, but could also be streamed to your people connecting with you at high speed. Rather than remain restricted to the upload speed of your home network connection, generally around 0.5 – 2mbs, the seedbox can transfer at its full data transfer speed of 100mbs or perhaps 1000mbs. Which means that the number of files you may have uploaded can easily and quickly increase, giving you a better ratio in the tracker.
Another useful element of a seed box is the fact that it will always be on. Since you’re torrenting from your home computer system, it’s really unlikely you’ll want to leave it on constantly, it can be incredibly hot, loud, and flickering gizmos can be annoying. A good seedbox is constantly online, so it will always be connected and will keep uploading the torrent that you are seeding to the people connected to the tracker. Because it is on for a longer time, more files may be uploaded, which means that your upload rate will be much better.
Finally, a seedbox is something that is used solely for uploading and downloading torrents, as well as an exceptionally fast connection just to accomplish this. Because of this, you will be able to use many more torrents than you would normally use on your home computer. With many more torrents going, there is a greater chance of people downloading from their seed box and thus increasing their upload rate.