[opensuse] Feeble of brain

Ok. I admit it. I am old and feeble of brain. Can someone please tell me,
in simple terms, how BitTorrent is "better" for downloading. I have been
trying to download a large file, 11+Gb, using kbittorrent. When it started
it showed 8 hrs remaining and a speed of maybe 65Kb down, as I recall. This
was over a day ago. Ok, I let it run. 4 hours later it shows 7 hrs to go.
Umm, this is progress? Ok, I go to work, return...6 hrs to go. Cheez! Let
it run overnight, now shows 20+ hrs to go. I am no math whiz, but I think I
am a little smarter than a 5th grader, and I would be willing to bet that
this is longer. This does not like progress and I am wondering what either I
am doing wrong, or what might be wrong with the system, or it this just how
it works and there is some hidden benefit that I am not seeing, like for
every hour of download starving children somewhere are fed and clothed.

Thanks for steering me to the light.

Richar
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